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Midland Railway 990 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Derby Works· from 1907· class of 10 British two-cylinder simple 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Midland Railway 990 class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive with simple expansion. Ten were built by the Midland Railway in 1907–1909. They shared many features with the 1000 class compounds.
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 119 years ago, in 1907.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 22 years (1907–1929).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1907–1909
- in service from
- 1907
- retired
- 1929
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Derby Works
- designer
- Richard Deeley
- operators
- Midland Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- weight
- 58.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6842414, Wikipedia: Midland Railway 990 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.