#1818
Highland Railway Clan Goods Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company· from 1918· class of 8 British 4-6-0 locomotives
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- 1. Forres railway station 2111127 b240c9f4: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Highland Railway's Clan Goods class was a class of steam locomotive. They were designed by Christopher Cumming. The first four (Nos 75 to 78) were built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company on Tyneside, and the maker's plates bore the date 1917, but because of wartime delays were not delivered until 1918.
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 108 years ago, in 1918.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 34 years (1918–1952).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1918–1919
- in service from
- 1918
- retired
- 1952
- 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
- weight
- 56.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16984105, Wikipedia: Highland Railway Clan Goods Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.