#1811
Caledonian Railway 300 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Unknown builder· from 1918· class of 43 British 0-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 57653 300 Class at Carlisle: John Griffiths· Copyrighted free use
what is it?
The Caledonian Railway 300 Class were freight 0-6-0 tender engines introduced in 1918 and designed by William Pickersgill. Forty-three were built between 1918 and 1920. They were numbered 294–324, 280, 281, 670–679 by the Caledonian Railway.
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 108 years ago, in 1918.
- Served for 45 years (1918–1963).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1918–1920
- in service from
- 1918
- retired
- 1963
- status
- retired
- number built
- 43
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Unknown builder
- designer
- William Pickersgill
- 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 Q5019438, Wikipedia: Caledonian Railway 300 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.