Locomotives of the Caledonian Railway

Locomotives of the Caledonian Railway. The Caledonian Railway Locomotive Works were originally at Greenock but moved to St. Rollox, Glasgow, in 1856. The locomotive classes are listed under the names of the railway's Chief Mechanical Engineers.

Locomotives The class number used for Caledonian Railway engines was the stock number of the first member of the class to reach traffic. Hence earlier numbered classes could well have appeared later in time.

Until the appointment of Dugald Drummond, unlike most other British railways, almost all engines had outside cylinders, and the 0-6-0 arrangement was quite rare, goods engines being of type 2-4-0 or 0-4-2. Passenger engines were normally 2-2-2.

Robert Sinclair 1847–1856 WheelArrangement Class Date Builder No. built Notes 4 1847-9 CR Greenock (30) Vulcan Foundry (12) Jones & Potts (10) Scott Sinclair (3) 55 13 rebuilt as , 3 as 59 1848–52 Jones & Potts 6 all rebuilt 1857–65 as 65 1854-5 CR Greenock 12 144 1854 George England 8 152 1854-5 CR Greenock 13 165 1855 CR Greenock 6 111 1847-9 R&W Hawthorn 3 113 1847 Neilson & Mitchell 6 101 1848 CR Greenock 5 106 1849 CR Greenock 5 132 1853 Neilson 4 171 1855 CR Greenock 3 174 1856-8 St. Rollox 8 80 1854 Hawthorn of Leith 2 136 1853 CR Greenock 8 6 later rebuilt as 0-4-2T 83 1854-5 Hawthorn of Leith 1 87 1854-5 Hawthorn of Leith 2 77 1851 CR Greenock 3 116 1848 Fairbairn 2 1 rebuilt as , both sold 1863 96 1849–50 Jones & Potts (5)CR Greenock (10) 15 later rebuilt to

Benjamin Conner 1856–1876 WheelArrangement Class Dates Builder No. built Notes 76 1859–64 St. Rollox 12 8 ft 2 in wheels 113 1875 St. Rollox 4 8 ft 2 in wheels 88 1864 St. Rollox 4 7 ft 2 in wheels 460 1871 A. Barclay 1 7 ft 2 in wheels – Experimental design 216 1861-6 Neilson (34) 64 Dübs (30) 552 1870-1 Dübs (18) 31 Neilson (13) 324 1872-4 Neilson 40 189 1858-9 St. Rollox (4) 8 Neilson (4) with steam tenders 197 1860-3 St. Rollox (10) 25 Neilson (9) Beyer-Peacock (6) 228 1861-6 Neilson (9) 18 Dübs (9) 92 1865-7 St. Rollox 11 288 1865-6 Dübs 10 417 1866–70 Neilson 37 98 1867–73 St. Rollox (10) 28 Neilson (18) 472 1868 Caledonian Railway, Perth 2 1 1869–74 Dübs (14) 35 Neilson (21) 372 1870 Neilson 16 583 1872-3 Dübs 31 42 1874 Dübs 7 55 1875 Neilson 4 615 1874-8 Dübs (19) 29 Neilson (10) 125 1877 Neilson 5 236 1862 Neilson 4 270 1865 A. Barclay 2 123 1867 Neilson 1 15 1869–72 A. Barclay 6 133 1872-4 A. Barclay 2 446 1873 Dübs 2 502 1876–81 Neilson 14 488 1873-4 Neilson 4 139 1870 Neilson 2 536 1871-5 Neilson (8) 14 Dübs (6) 141 1873 Neilson 1 188 1858 Neilson 1 120 1872 St. Rollox 1 631 1874-7 Dübs 39

George Brittain 1876–1882 WheelArrangement Class Date Builder No. built LMS power classification LMS numbers Notes 130 1878 Dübs 10 670 1878–82 Dübs 30 U 17000–17020 179 1882 Dübs 10 1P 14100–14107 "Oban bogie" 485 1878 Neilson 1 Crane tank 140 1879 Dübs 12 152 1880 Neilson 15 1 1881 St. Rollox 1 For officer's saloon 486 1881 Neilson 6 1F 16150 Withdrawn before LMS number could be applied

Dugald Drummond 1882–1890 WheelArrangement Class Date Builder No. built LMS power classification LMS numbers Notes 123 1886 Neilson 1 1P 14010 Won Gold medal at Edinburgh International Exhibition 1886 80 1888–91 St. Rollox 12 1P 14108–14115 "Coast bogies" 66 1884–91 Neilson (10) St. Rollox (18) 28 1P 14290–14309 124 1886 Dübs 1 1P 14296 Exhibition engine – related to "66" class 262 1885 St. Rollox 2 U 15000–15001 171 1884–91 St. Rollox 24 1P 15100–15114 264 1885–90 St. Rollox 20 U 16008–16025 272 1888 St. Rollox 6 U 16100–16102 323 1887-8 St. Rollox 30 3F 16202–16224 294 1883–95 Neilson (35) St. Rollox (128) 163 2F 17230–17392

Hugh Smellie 1890 Appointed 1 September 1890. Died 19 April 1891.

John Lambie 1891–1895 Unless otherwise stated these were all built at the Caledonian Railway's St. Rollox railway works WheelArrangement Class Date No. built LMS power classification LMS numbers Notes4-4-0 13 1894 6 1P 14308–14310 4-4-0T 1 1893-4 12 1P 15020–15031 0-4-4T 19 1895 10 2P 15115–15124 0-4-0ST 538A 1892 2 Second-hand – built 1872–3 by Dübs and Company0-6-0ST 211 1895 5 3F 16225–16229

John F. McIntosh 1895–1914 Unless otherwise stated these were all built at the Caledonian Railway's St. Rollox railway works WheelArrangement Class Date No. built LMS power classification LMS numbers Notes (Dunalastairs)721 1896 15 2P 14311–14325 Dunalastair I766 1897–98 15 2P/3P 14326–14336 & 14430–14433 Dunalastair II – 4 rebuilt 1914 with superheaters900 1899–1900 16 2P/3P 14337–14348 & 14434–14437 Dunalastair III – 6 rebuilt 1914–30 with superheaters140 1904–10 19 2P/3P 14349–14365 & 14438–14439 Dunalastair IV – 4 rebuilt 1915–22 with superheaters139 1910–12 11 3P 14440–14449 Schmidt superheater43 1913–14 11 3P 14450–14460 Robinson superheater 55 1902–05 9 3P 14600–14608908 1906–07 10 3P 14609–1461849 1903 2 4P 14750–14751 rebuilt 1911 with Schmidt superheaters903 1906 5 4P 14752–14755 "Cardeans", rebuilt 1911 with Schmidt superheaters 92 1897 12 2P 15125–15136879 1900 10 2P 15137–15146104 1899 12 1P 15147–15158439 1900–14 68 2P 15159–15226 781 1896 1 U 16000 acquired second hand 1897. Built by A. Barclay611 1895–1908 14 0F 16026–16039 continuation of 264 class 498 1912–21 23 2F 16151–16173 Short wheelbase29 1895–96 9 3F 16231–16239 With condensers for Glasgow Central low-level line782 1898–1913 138 3F 16240–16376 492 1903–04 6 4F 16500–16505 711 1895–97 81 2F 17393–17473 Similar to "294" class812 1899–1900 79 3F 17550–17628652 1908–09 17 3F 17629–17645 Modified 812 class30 1912 4 3F 17646–17649 652 class with superheater 34 1912 5 3F 17800–17804 "Converted 30 class" 918 1906 5 3F 17900–17904179 1913–14 5 3F 17905–17909 Superheated184 1914–15 6 3F 17910–17915 Superheated 600 1901–03 8 4F 17990–17997

William Pickersgill 1914–1923

WheelArrangement Class Date Builder No. built LMS power classification LMS numbers Notes 113 1916 St. Rollox (6)North British (10) 16 3P 14461–14476 72 1920–2 St. Rollox (10) Armstrong Whitworth (10) North British (12) 32 3P 14477–14508 191 1922 North British 8 3P 14619–14626 "New Oban Bogies", non-superheated60 1916–7 St. Rollox 6 4P 14650–14655 "Greybacks", another 20 (14630–14649) built by LMS938 1915 Hawthorn Leslie 6 4P 14756–14761 "River" class, originally built for Highland Railway.956 1921 St. Rollox 4 5P 14800–14803 159 1915–22 St. Rollox 10 2P 15227–15236 non-superheated4311922 St. Rollox 4 2P 15237–15240 non-superheated, another 10 (15260–15269) built by LMS 944 1917 North British 12 4P 15350–15361 300 1918–20 St. Rollox 43 3F 17650–17692 non-superheated (some later converted) ROD 2-8-0 1919–20 Various 50 GCR design, built for the government. Disposed of 1925–7, many went to China.

London, Midland and Scottish Railway

Caledonian Railway locomotives still existing in 1923 were taken into the stock of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). The LMS built some locomotives to Caledonian Railway designs after 1923.

Preservation Image CR No. CR Class Type Manufacturer Serial No. Date Notes 123 Single Neilson and Company 3553 1886 On static display at the Riverside Museum 828 812 Class St Rollox Works August1899 Operational at the Strathspey Railway 419 439 Class St Rollox Works November1907 Operational at the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway

See also List of LMS locomotives as of 31 December 1947

Sources Baxter, B., (1984) British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923 Vol.4, Moorland Publishing Haresnape, B. & Rowledge, P. (1982) Drummond Locomotives, a Pictorial History, Ian Allan

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