#1848
Highland Railway Clan Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company· from 1919· class of 8 British 4-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Highland Railway's Clan Class was a class of passenger 4-6-0 steam locomotives designed by Christopher Cumming. The design is derived from that of the slightly earlier Clan Goods although the similarity is more visual than real. The first four were built in 1919, and the remaining four in 1921.
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 107 years ago, in 1919.
- Served for 31 years (1919–1950).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1919–1921
- in service from
- 1919
- retired
- 1950
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company
- designer
- Christopher Cumming
- operators
- Highland Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, Scottish Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5759048, Wikipedia: Highland Railway Clan Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.