Locomotives of the Highland Railway
The locomotives of the Highland Railway were used by the Highland Railway to operate its lines in the north of Scotland. The Highland Railway locomotive works was at Lochgorm, Inverness. The works had been built about 1855 by the Inverness and Nairn Railway.[1] The locomotive classes are listed under the names of the railway's Locomotive Superintendents.
Locomotives
William Barclay 1855β69
During Barclay's incumbency as locomotive superintendent various 2-2-2 and 2-4-0 locomotives were built, along with a solitary 0-4-0T. An 0-4-0ST was also inherited from the Findhorn Railway. Many of Barclay's locomotives would later be rebuilt by Stroudley or Jones - most of the 2-2-2s ended up as 2-4-0s and one became a 2-2-2T, a pair of 2-4-0s became 4-4-0s and the 0-4-0T became an 0-4-2T. Only 4 much rebuilt Barclay locomotives (all 2-4-0s) were still in stock at the time of the Grouping.
William Stroudley 1865β69
William Stroudley produced only one new design, an 0-6-0ST of which 3 were built. These survived to pass into LMS ownership.
Class | Drummond class | Type | Quantity | Manufacturer | Date | HR Nos. | LMS Class | LMS Nos. | Notes |
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'Stroudley tank' | R | 0-6-0ST | 3 | Lochgorm Works | 1869β74 | 56β57, 49 | 0P | 16118β119, 16383 |
David Jones 1870β96
David Jones designed several classes of 4-4-0, and was also notable for introducing the 4-6-0 wheel arrangement to the UK. He also produced small numbers of 0-4-4ST, 2-4-0, 2-4-0T and 4-4-0T locomotives. Of 88 engines built to Jones' design (including 3 built as late as 1917), 74 passed to the LMS in 1923. A small 2-4-0T purchased secondhand from the Duke of Sutherland also made into LMS ownership.
Class | Drummond class | Type | Quantity | Manufacturer | Date | HR Nos. | LMS Class | LMS Nos. | Notes |
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'Duke' | F | 4-4-0 | 17 | DΓΌbs & Co. (10) Lochgorm Works (7) | 1874β88 | 60β69, 31, 71β75, 84 | |||
'Raigmore' | H | 2-4-0 | 2 | Lochgorm Works | 1877 | 29β30 | β | β | |
'Jones tank' | O | 4-4-0T | 3 | Lochgorn Works | 1878β79 | 17, 58β59 | β | 15010β15012 | Built as 2-4-0T |
'Skye Bogie' | L | 4-4-0 | 9 | Lochgorm Works | 1882β1901 | 1P | 14277, 14279β14285 | ||
'Bruce' or 'Clyde Bogie' | E | 4-4-0 | 8 | Clyde Locomotive Co. | 1886 | 76β83 | 1P | 14278 | |
13 | S | 0-4-4ST | 1 | 1890 | 13 | 0P | 15050 | ||
'Strath' | D | 4-4-0 | 12 | Neilson & Co. | 1892 | 89β100 | 1P | 14271β14276 | |
'Yankee tank' | P | 4-4-0T | 5 | DΓΌbs & Co. | 1892β93 | 0P | 15013β15017 | First 2 were built for Uruguay Eastern Railway | |
'Big Goods' or 'Jones Goods' | I | 4-6-0 | 15 | Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 1894 | 103β117 | 4F | 17916β17930 | |
'Loch' | B | 4-4-0 | 18 | DΓΌbs & Co. (15) North British Loco. Co. (3) | 1896β1917 | 119β133, 70β72 | 2P | 14379β14396 | |
118 | T | 2-4-0T | 1 | Kitson & Co. | 1871 | 118 | Purchased from Duke of Sutherland in 1895 |
Peter Drummond 1896β1912
Under Peter Drummond, new 0-4-4T, 0-6-0T, 0-6-4T, 0-6-0, 4-4-0 and 4-6-0 designs emerged. All 72 locomotives passed to the LMS.
Class | Type | Quantity | Manufacturer | Date | HR Nos. | LMS Class | LMS Nos. | Notes |
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C ('Small Ben') | 4-4-0 | 20 | DΓΌbs & Co. (8) Lochgorm Works (9) North British Loco. Co. (3) | 1898β1906 | 1β17, 38, 41, 47 | 2P | 14397β14416 | |
K ('Barney') | 0-6-0 | 12 | DΓΌbs & Co. (10) North British Loco. Co. (2) | 1900β07 | 134β139, 18β21 | 3F | 17693β17704 | |
A ('Castle') | 4-6-0 | 19 | DΓΌbs & Co. (10) North British Loco. Co. (9) | 1900β17 | 26β30, 35, 50, 58β59, 140β149 | 3P | 14675β14693 | |
V | 0-6-0T | 3 | Lochgorn Works | 1903β04 | 22β24 | 2F | 16380β16382 | |
W | 0-4-4T | 4 | Lochgorn Works | 1905β06 | 25, 40, 45β46 | 0P | 15051β15054 | |
U ('Large Ben') | 4-4-0 | 6 | North British Loco. Co. | 1908β09 | 60β63, 66, 68 | 2P | 14417β14422 | |
X ('Medium Goods') | 0-6-4T | 8 | North British Loco. Co. | 1909β12 | 29, 31, 39, 42, 44, 64β65, 69 | 4P | 15300β15307 |
Frederick George Smith 1912β15
Fredrick George Smith's brief tenure was cut short by a dispute over his sole design, the 'River' Class 4-6-0. Six locomotives were built, but they were (wrongly) considered to be too heavy for the Highland Railway, and were sold to the Caledonian Railway without being used.
Class | Type | Quantity | Manufacturer | Date | HR Nos. | LMS Class | LMS Nos. | Notes |
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'River' | 4-6-0 | 6 | Hawthorn Leslie | 1915 | (70β75) | 4P | (14756β14761) | sold to Caledonian Railway before use |
Christopher Cumming 1915β22
Christopher Cumming designed one class of 4-4-0 and two types of 4-6-0, totalling 19 locomotives, which all passed to the LMS.
Class | Type | Quantity | Manufacturer | Date | HR Nos. | LMS Class | LMS Nos. | Notes |
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'Snaigow' | 4-4-0 | 2 | Hawthorn Leslie | 1917 | 73β74 | 3P | 14522β14523 | named Snaigow and Durn |
'Clan Goods' | 4-6-0 | 8 | Hawthorn Leslie | 1918β19 | 49, 51β57 | 5F | 17950β17957 | |
'Clan' | 4-6-0 | 8 | Hawthorn Leslie | 1919β21 | 75β82 | 4P | 14762β14769 |
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The Highland Railway was absorbed by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923 and its locomotives were taken into LMS stock. Despite their small numbers, quite a few Highland Railway classes survived well into the LMS era, and even into the 1950s.
Preservation
Jones Goods 103, withdrawn by the LMS, is the only Highland Railway locomotive to have been preserved. A Drummond Small Ben 4-4-0, Ben Alder, was retained for many years, with a view to preservation, before being scrapped in 1966.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Highland Railway steam locomotives. |
- β "Inverness, Lochgorm Railway Works and Carriage Sheds". ScotlandsPlaces. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- Baxter, Bertram (1984). Baxter, David, ed. British Locomotive Catalogue 1825β1923, Volume 4: Scottish and remaining English Companies in the LMS Group. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. pp. 191β202.
- "Highland Railway locomotives". Steamindex.com. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
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