#0226
Midland Railway 700 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Derby Works· from 1869· class of 316 British double-framed 0-6-0 locomotives
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ROD 2717 (ex-Midland Railway 700 Class): Unknown photographer· Public domain
what is it?
The Midland Railway 700 Class was a large class of double framed 0-6-0 freight steam locomotives designed by Matthew Kirtley for the Midland Railway.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 157 years ago, in 1869.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 82 years (1869–1951).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1869–1874
- in service from
- 1869
- retired
- 1951
- status
- retired
- number built
- 316
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Derby Works, Dübs and Company, John Fowler & Co., Kitson and Company, Neilson and Company, Vulcan Foundry
- designer
- Matthew Kirtley
- operators
- Midland Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Railway Operating Division, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 36.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836273, Wikipedia: Midland Railway 700 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.