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Highland Railway P class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Dübs and Company· from 1891· class of 5 British 4-4-0T locomotives
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- 1. Highland Railway P Class Yankee Tank: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Highland Railway P class was a group of five 4-4-0T steam locomotives built in 1891 and 1893 by Dübs and Company of Glasgow.
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 135 years ago, in 1891.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 42 years (1892–1934).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1891–1893
- in service from
- 1892
- retired
- 1934
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Dübs and Company
- operators
- Highland Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- weight
- 41.7 t
- nicknames
- Yankee Tanks
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17016135, Wikipedia: Highland Railway P class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.