Finland: Kolari, two VR class Dr16 diesel locos starting up and working a Helsinki sleeper train

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Finland: Kolari, two VR class Dr16 diesel locos (numbers 2822 & 2812) are seen starting up and working train 262, the 14:55 sleeper to Helsinki.

All clips recorded 14th March 2020.

Clip 1 - The engine on trailing Dr16 locomotive 2812 is started up at Kolari station
Clip 2 (0:26) - Time passes as leading Dr16 locomotive 2822 is prepared to be started up
Clip 3 (0:42) - The engine on leading Dr16 locomotive 2822 is started up at Kolari station, the camera then pans to show the snowy landscape that the train will shortly traverse
Clip 4 (1:22) - An onboard clip taken in the vestibule of the leading coach while leaving Pello - 12 miles north of the Arctic Circle
Clip 5 (2:30) - An onboard clip taken in the vestibule of the leading coach waiting to leave Ylitornio station
Clip 6 (3:12) - An onboard clip taken in the vestibule of the leading coach leaving Ylitornio station
Clip 7 (6:12) - An atmospheric onboard clip taken in the vestibule of the leading coach while approaching Oulu

The Dr16 is a class of diesel-electric locomotives used by VR (Finnish Railways). The 23 locomotives have a single, off-centre cab and are currently VR's most powerful diesel locomotives. Their nickname is "Iso Vaalee" (Big Blonde). They are presently mainly used on heavy freight services in northern Finland; their main passenger duty is the haulage of trains on the non-electrified line between Kemi and Kolari in Lapland. Dr16 locomotives were also used extensively on the line between Oulu and Rovaniemi, prior to the completion of the electrification of the line in 2004.

Of a total of 23 built locomotives, five Dr16s have been withdrawn from service and/or scrapped. This includes all of the prototype locomotives (numbers 2801–2804), which were withdrawn between 2004 and 2009.

In addition to the prototypes, one series locomotive, number 2814, was scrapped in 2000 after sustaining serious damage in a level crossing accident near the municipality of Ii. After the accident, the obstruction clearing device of the Dr16 was redesigned and strengthened according to the recommendation of the accident investigation board.
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Kolari is a municipality of Finland at the Swedish border, which follows the Torne River, the longest free-flowing river in Europe.  Kolari railway station is the northernmost station in Finland.

It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 3,819 (31 January 2019) and covers an area of 2,617.87 square kilometres (1,010.77 sq mi) of which 59.15 km2 (22.84 sq mi) is water.

Neighbouring municipalities are Muonio, Pello, Kittilä, Rovaniemi in Finland and Pajala Municipality in sweden.  The municipality is unilingually Finnish.  The name means colliery: forestry, mining and charcoal burning have historically been important industries in the municipality.

Ylläs, one of the most popular ski resorts in Finland, is located in Kolari. The area also features the country's largest bog with a thousand-year-old forest.
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VR Group, commonly known as VR, is a government-owned railway company in Finland. VR's most important function is the operation of Finland's passenger rail services with 250 long-distance and 800 commuter rail services every day. With 7,500 employees and net sales of €1.251 million in 2017, VR is one of the most significant operators in the Finnish public transport market area.

VR provides car transport services. Seven stations allow loading and unloading of cars on trains: Helsinki, Turku and Tampere in the south, Oulu further north, and Rovaniemi, Kemijärvi and Kolari in Lapland. Car transport trains stop at other stations along the way for normal passenger transport and is available as daily service to Rovaniemi and Kemijärvi and several times a week to Kolari.
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Pello (formerly Turtola) is a municipality of Finland.  It is located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the Arctic Circle in the western part of the province of Lapland, and is part of the Lapland region. The municipality is on the national border with Sweden, by the Tornionjoki-river.
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Ylitornio is a municipality of Finland.  It is located in the province of Lapland along the Tornio River, opposite the Swedish town of Övertorneå. The two localities are connected by an international bridge that goes between Övertorneå through an island and enters Finland in a rural portion of Ylitornio's municipality
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Oulu is a city and municipality in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland, and the fifth most populous in the country.
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