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Palestine Railways P class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1935· class of 6 Palestinian 4-6-0 locomotives
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Israel Railways P-Class loco: Fritz Cohen· Public domain
- 2. Haifa RM 02: Reinhard Dietrich· Public domain
- 3. Haifa-Railway-Museum-1064b-tender-for-NBL-4-6-0: Bukvoed· CC BY 4.0
- 4. Haifa-Railway-Museum-1064c-tender-for-NBL-4-6-0: Bukvoed· CC BY 4.0
- 5. כתר עם נשק: Loza1976· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. כתר: Loza1976· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Palestine Railways P class was a type of standard gauge mixed traffic steam locomotive on Palestine Railways and its successor Israel Railways. The PMR introduced the class in 1935 and Israel Railways withdrew the last ones in 1960.
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 91 years ago, in 1935.
- 19.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 24 years (1935–1959).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1935
- in service from
- 1935
- retired
- 1959
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 6
- kind
- steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- operators
- Palestine Railways, Israel Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 19.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7127318, Wikipedia: Palestine Railways P class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.