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Manila Railway 70 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1908· class of 22 0-6-2T locomotives in the Philippines
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Manila Railway 70 class No. 94: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 2. Manila Railway 70 class No. 81: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
what is it?
The Manila Railway 70 class of 1908 was a class of at least twenty-two 0-6-2 side and well-tank locomotives built by the North British Locomotive Company. These locomotives were first put into service on a mainline during the late 1900s and early 1910s by the Manila Railway Company. Their primary purpose was to support the growing network and replace the aging Dagupan class engines.
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 118 years ago, in 1908.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 48 years (1908–1956).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1908
- in service from
- 1908
- retired
- 1956
- status
- retired
- number built
- 22
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- designer
- Horace L. Higgins
- operators
- Philippine National Railways, Pampanga Sugar Development Company, Manila Railway Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2T
- weight
- 35.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q109286585, Wikipedia: Manila Railway 70 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.