Midland Railway 2511 Class

what is it?

The Midland Railway 2511 Class was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in the United States, as a supplemental order to the 2501 Class built by Baldwin that same year. As with that class, the Midland had turned to American locomotive builders, as their own Derby Works had reached capacity, and was unable to produce additional engines at the time, and many British locomotive builders were recovering from an 1897-1898 labor dispute over working hours.

who runs it

Midland Railway

base stats

• built 10made in total

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 127 years ago, in 1899.
• 📏15.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 16 years (1899–1915).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1899

in service from

1899

retired

1915

status

retired

number built

10

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

Schenectady Locomotive Works

operators

Midland Railway

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

2-6-0

length

15.5 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.