#1427
Highland Railway X Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1909· class of 8 British 0-6-4T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Highland Railway X Class No. 39: Autor/in unbekannt· Public domain
what is it?
The Highland Railway Drummond 0-6-4T or X class were large tank engines designed by Peter Drummond, originally intended for banking duty.
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 117 years ago, in 1909.
- Served for 27 years (1909–1936).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1909–1911
- in service from
- 1909
- retired
- 1936
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- 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
- 0-6-4T
- nicknames
- "Banking Tanks"
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16984109, Wikipedia: Highland Railway X Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.