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Caledonian Railway 498 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by St. Rollox railway works· from 1911· class of 23 British 0-6-0T locomotives
what is it?
The Caledonian Railway 498 Class was a class of 0-6-0Ts built for dock shunting. They were designed by John F. McIntosh for the Caledonian Railway (CR) and introduced in 1911. Twenty-three were built.
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 115 years ago, in 1911.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1911–1921
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 23
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- St. Rollox railway works
- designer
- John F. McIntosh
- operators
- Caledonian Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5019441, Wikipedia: Caledonian Railway 498 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.