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- 1. Image from page 22 of "Railway and locomotive engineering - a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock" (1901) Caledonian Railway 4-6-0: Internet Archive Book Images· CC0
what is it?
The Caledonian Railway 918 Class were 4-6-0 steam tender locomotives designed by John F. McIntosh and built in 1906, at the Caledonian Railway's own St. Rollox Works.
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 120 years ago, in 1906.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- St. Rollox railway works
- designer
- John F. McIntosh
- operators
- Caledonian Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 17.5 m
- weight
- 60 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24088450, Wikipedia: Caledonian Railway 918 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.