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Highland Railway Castle Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Dübs and Company· from 1900· class of British 4-6-0 locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. HR Class A Castle Class 26: Author unknown· CC0
- 2. HR Class A Castle Class 142: Autor/in unbekannt· CC0
- 3. HR Class A Castle Class 59: Autor/in unbekannt· CC0
what is it?
The Highland Railway Castle Class (or the A Class) was a class of 4-6-0 locomotives designed in 1900 by Peter Drummond, chief mechanical engineer of the Highland Railway at the time. 19 locomotives were built by Dübs and North British Locomotive Co. until 1917, and the last were withdrawn from service in 1947.
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 126 years ago, in 1900.
- Served for 47 years (1900–1947).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1900–1917
- in service from
- 1900
- retired
- 1947
- status
- retired
- number built
- 19
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Dübs and Company, North British Locomotive Company
- designer
- Peter Drummond
- operators
- Highland Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q130492745, Wikipedia: Highland Railway Castle Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.