Tags: Locomotive.
The locomotive that came to form VR Class Vk4 was originally one of a pair of 0-4-0T locomotives ordered from Rheinmetall Borsig Lokomotiv Werke (AEG) Germany to work at Ino fortress at Terijoki on the Karelian Isthmus. The locomotives had 2 axles they were the wet-steam type and used a slip-Walschaert valve gear. Production numbers and years were 7268/1909 and 7858/1910.The fortress was in Finnish hands when Finland became independent.
