#1783
Caledonian Railway 944 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1917· class of 12 British 4-6-2T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Caledonian Railway 944 Class No. 950: Unknown photographer· Public domain
what is it?
The Caledonian Railway 944 Class were 4-6-2T passenger tank locomotives designed by William Pickersgill and built in 1917, at the North British Locomotive Company's Hyde Park Works in Glasgow. They were the Caledonian Railway's only Pacific-type.
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 109 years ago, in 1917.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 36 years (1917–1953).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1917
- in service from
- 1917
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- designer
- William Pickersgill
- operators
- Caledonian Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, Scottish Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2T
- weight
- 92.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24088453, Wikipedia: Caledonian Railway 944 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.