Lokomo
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Oy Lokomo Ab was a Finnish manufacturer of railroad equipment and steam locomotives, situated in Tampere, Finland. The company was founded in 1915 by a group of Finnish businesspeople, including Jalmar Castrén and Emil Aaltonen. The Lokomo factories in Tampere produced the MIR submersibles for the Soviet Academy of Sciences. They later merged into the Metso Corporation. Jaakko Syrjä was a worker for the company. thumb| VR Class Hv1 575, preserved in front of Metso Lokomo Steels in [[Hatanpää, Tampere, Finland. This was the first locomotive manufactured by Lokomo and entered service in 1920]]
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- Instance of
- enterprise
- Country
- Russian Empire
- Founded by
- Juhani Arajärvi
- Headquarters
- Tampere
- Owned by
- Emil Aaltonen
- Employees
- 800
- Legal form
- osakeyhtiö
- Image
- Lokomon valimo vuonna 1956. Kuva E. M. Staf, Vapriikin kuva-arkisto. (15814681923).jpg
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- product or material produced
- anvil
- inception
- 1915-00-00
- total equity
- 8000000
- Commons category
- Lokomo
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Oy Lokomo Ab was a Finnish manufacturer of railroad equipment and steam locomotives, situated in Tampere, Finland. The company was founded in 1915 by a group of Finnish businesspeople, including Jalmar Castrén and Emil Aaltonen. The Lokomo factories in Tampere produced the MIR submersibles for the Soviet Academy of Sciences. They later merged into the Metso Corporation. Jaakko Syrjä was a worker for the company. thumb| VR Class Hv1 575, preserved in front of Metso Lokomo Steels in [[Hatanpää, Tampere, Finland. This was the first locomotive manufactured by Lokomo and entered service in 1920]]
== See also== Finnish Railway Museum VR Group List of Finnish locomotives Jokioinen Museum Railway List of railway museums Worldwide Heritage railways List of heritage railways Restored trains Hanko–Hyvinkää railway History of rail transport in Finland VR Class Pr1 VR Class Hr1 VR Class Tr1 VR Class Tk3 VR Class Hr11
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