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Caledonian Railway 264 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Neilson and Company· from 1885· class of 34 British 0-4-0ST locomotives
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what is it?
The Caledonian Railway 264 and 611 classes were 0-4-0ST locomotives designed by Dugald Drummond and built by Neilson and Company in 1885. Later examples were built at St Rollox Works under the direction of John F. McIntosh in 1895, 1900, 1902 and 1908.
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 141 years ago, in 1885.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1885–1908
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 34
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Neilson and Company
- designer
- Dugald Drummond, John F. McIntosh
- operators
- Caledonian Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
- length
- 6.7 m
- nicknames
- Pug
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5019436, Wikipedia: Caledonian Railway 264 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.