The Haapamäki Museum Locomotive Association celebrated its 25th anniversary by organizing a tour with a museum train to the main and secondary tracks of Central Finland, North Savo, Kainuu and Ostrobothnia between the 20th and 24th of April 2018. The tour was also accompanied by the British Branch Line Society. English was the most common language spoken on the excursion train which made the atmosphere of the tour quite international. The British humor also appeared as seen on TV.

The train consisted of two wooden passenger cars and two wooden sleeping cars from the 50’s, a steely passenger and guard coach from the late 60’s and a restaurant car from the 80’s. The train was hauled by a Dr13 series locomotive designed in France in the early 60's.

A significant group of the passengers only attended a part of the tour; local people maybe just a few miles. However, the craziest ones without the proper medication stayed on the slow-running train for all five days. Most of these long-distance passengers stayed in hotels overnight, but the most hardcore and dedicated enthusiasts stayed in the moldy sleeping cars while the train was lying overnight at the stations.

In the world of railways and public transport, twenty-five years is a sufficient quarter. A quarter of year is nothing. A solid basis for train traffic can be established only with sustainability and long term thinking.

Many thanks for the excellent tour and congratulations to the Locomotive Association!

01.09.2018 01:15	:	North Savo = Northern Savonia; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_S​avonia
06.09.2018 10:14	Ari-Pekka Lanne:	Aijaha. Noo, ainakin itselleni on jokseenkin yhdentekevää, millai savolaiset viäntävät ja kiäntävät Savonmuansa nimen amerikaksi. Sen verran löperö ja leväperäinen olen. Suurempi vahinko ja onnettomuus sen sijaan piileekin siinä, kun nämä savolaiset eivät aina ymmärrä pysyä poissa Satakunnasta. Joskus tulee mieleen, olisiko Pönttövuoren tunnelia ja Markkulan siltaa sittenkään pitänyt tehdä.
15.09.2018 22:09	:	Juu ja toki jokainen voi kirjoittaa tyylillä kuin tyylillä ei siinä mitään. Kunhan vain hieman tarkentelin tarkennuksiani tuolloin.

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