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Highland Railway Jones Goods Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Sharp, Stewart and Company· from 1894· class of 15 British 4-6-0 locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hugh llewelyn 103 (6325586872): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Highland Railway Jones Goods Class No 103 at the Riverside Museum: dun_deagh· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Highland Railway Jones Goods class was a class of steam locomotive, and was notable as the first class with a 4-6-0 wheel arrangement in the British Isles. Fifteen were built, and one has survived to preservation. Originally known as the Big Goods class, they became class I under Peter Drummond's 1901 classification scheme.
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 132 years ago, in 1894.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 46 years (1894–1940).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1894
- in service from
- 1894
- retired
- 1940
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Sharp, Stewart and Company
- designer
- David Jones
- operators
- Highland Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail
- 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 Q5759069, Wikipedia: Highland Railway Jones Goods Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.