#1765
Highland Railway Cumming 4-4-0 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company· from 1916· class of 2 British 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Highland Railway Cumming 4-4-0 class was a pair of 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by Christopher Cumming, the Locomotive Superintendent of the Highland Railway
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 110 years ago, in 1916.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 20 years (1916–1936).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1916
- in service from
- 1916
- retired
- 1936
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- 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
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- weight
- 54.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5759055, Wikipedia: Highland Railway Cumming 4-4-0 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.