#1736
Highland Railway River class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company· from 1915· class of 6 British 4-6-0 locomotives sold to the Caledonian Railway during construction
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what is it?
The Highland Railway River class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives designed by F. G. Smith, who had joined the Highland Railway in 1904 from the North Eastern Railway. His initial post was manager of the Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon works at Inverness (usually referred to as Lochgorm works). When Peter Drummond left for the Glasgow and South Western Railway at the end of 1911, Smith was appointed Chief Mechanical Engineer in his place.
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 111 years ago, in 1915.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 31 years (1915–1946).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1915
- in service from
- 1915
- retired
- 1946
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company
- designer
- F. G. Smith
- operators
- Highland Railway, Caledonian Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- weight
- 73.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5759076, Wikipedia: Highland Railway River class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.