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Caledonian Railway Class "123" 4-2-2 No.123, built in 1886 by Neilson (Works No.3553) specifically for the Edinburgh International Exhibition.
An example of the 8ft 2" wheeled Caledonian 2-2-2. They were built from 1859 onwards and served as the main express engine until 1885. The final engine was withdrawn from service in 1901.

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

Wheel
Arrangement		 Class Date Builder No. built Notes
2-2-2 4 1847-9 CR Greenock (30)
Vulcan Foundry (12)
Jones & Potts (10)
Scott Sinclair (3)		 55 13 rebuilt as 2-4-0, 3 as 2-2-2WT
59 1848-52 Jones & Potts 6 all rebuilt 1857-65 as 2-4-0
65 1854-5 CR Greenock 12
2-4-0 144 1854 George England 8
152 1854-5 CR Greenock 13
165 1855 CR Greenock 6
0-4-2 111 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
2-4-0T 80 1854 Hawthorn of Leith 2
0-4-0ST 136 1853 CR Greenock 8 6 later rebuilt as 0-4-2T
83 1854-5 Hawthorn of Leith 1
0-4-2ST 87 1854-5 Hawthorn of Leith 2
2-2-2WT 77 1851 CR Greenock 3
0-4-0 116 1848 Fairbairn 2 1 rebuilt as 0-4-2T, both sold 1863
0-6-0 96 1849-50 Jones & Potts (5)
CR Greenock (10)		 15 later rebuilt to 0-4-2

Benjamin Conner 1856-1876

Wheel
Arrangement		 Class Dates Builder No. built Notes
2-2-2 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
0-4-2 216 1861-6 Neilson (34) 64
Dübs (30)
552 1870-1 Dübs (18) 31
Neilson (13)
324 1872-4 Neilson 40
2-4-0 189 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)
4-4-0 125 1877 Neilson 5
0-4-0PT 236 1862 Neilson 4
270 1865 A. Barclay 2
0-4-0ST 123 1867 Neilson 1
15 1869-72 A. Barclay 6
133 1872-4 A. Barclay 2
0-4-0T 446 1873 Dübs 2
0-4-0ST 502 1876-81 Neilson 14
0-4-4WT 488 1873-4 Neilson 4
0-6-0ST 139 1870 Neilson 2
536 1871-5 Neilson (8) 14
Dübs (6)
141 1873 Neilson 1
0-6-0 188 1858 Neilson 1
120 1872 St. Rollox 1
631 1874-7 Dübs 39

George Brittain 1876-1882

Wheel
Arrangement		 Class Date Builder No. built LMS power classification LMS numbers Notes
2-4-0 130 1878 Dübs 10
0-4-2 670 1878-82 Dübs 30 U 17000-17020
4-4-0 179 1882 Dübs 10 1P 14100-14107 "Oban bogie"
0-4-0T 485 1878 Neilson 1 Crane tank
2-4-0T 140 1879 Dübs 12
2-4-2T 152 1880 Neilson 15
2-2-2WT 1 1881 St. Rollox 1 For officer's saloon
0-6-0ST 486 1881 Neilson 6 1F 16150 Withdrawn before LMS number could be applied

Dugald Drummond 1882-1890

Wheel
Arrangement		 Class Date Builder No. built LMS power classification LMS numbers Notes
4-2-2 123 1886 Neilson 1 1P 14010 Won Gold medal at Edinburgh International Exhibition 1886
4-4-0 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
0-4-2ST 262 1885 St. Rollox 2 U 15000-15001
0-4-4T 171 1884-91 St. Rollox 24 1P 15100-15114
0-4-0ST 264 1885-90 St. Rollox 20 U 16008-16025
0-6-0ST 272 1888 St. Rollox 6 U 16100-16102
323 1887-8 St. Rollox 30 3F 16202-16224
0-6-0 294 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

Wheel
Arrangement		 Class Date No. built LMS power classification LMS numbers Notes
4-4-0 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 Company
0-6-0ST 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

Wheel
Arrangement		 Class Date No. built LMS power classification LMS numbers Notes
4-4-0 (Dunalastairs) 721 1896 15 2P 14311-14325 Dunalastair I
766 1897–98 15 2P/3P 14326-14336 & 14430-14433 Dunalastair II - 4 rebuilt 1914 with superheaters
900 1899–1900 16 2P/3P 14337-14348 & 14434-14437 Dunalastair III - 6 rebuilt 1914-30 with superheaters
140 1904–10 19 2P/3P 14349-14365 & 14438-14439 Dunalastair IV - 4 rebuilt 1915-22 with superheaters
139 1910–12 11 3P 14440-14449 Schmidt superheater
43 1913–14 11 3P 14450-14460 Robinson superheater
4-6-0 55 1902–05 9 3P 14600-14608
908 1906–07 10 3P 14609-14618
49 1903 2 4P 14750-14751 rebuilt 1911 with Schmidt superheaters
903 1906 5 4P 14752-14755 "Cardeans", rebuilt 1911 with Schmidt superheaters
0-4-4T 92 1897 12 2P 15125-15136
879 1900 10 2P 15137-15146
104 1899 12 1P 15147-15158
439 1900–14 68 2P 15159-15226
0-4-0ST 781 1896 1 U 16000 acquired second hand 1897. Built by A. Barclay
611 1895–1908 14 0F 16026-16039 continuation of 264 class
0-6-0T 498 1912–21 23 2F 16151-16173 Short wheelbase
29 1895–96 9 3F 16231-16239 With condensers for Glasgow Central low-level line
782 1898–1913 138 3F 16240-16376
0-8-0T 492 1903–04 6 4F 16500-16505
0-6-0 711 1895–97 81 2F 17393-17473 Similar to "294" class
812 1899–1900 79 3F 17550-17628
652 1908–09 17 3F 17629-17645 Modified 812 class
30 1912 4 3F 17646-17649 652 class with superheater
2-6-0 34 1912 5 3F 17800-17804 "Converted 30 class"
4-6-0 918 1906 5 3F 17900-17904
179 1913–14 5 3F 17905-17909 Superheated
184 1914–15 6 3F 17910-17915 Superheated
0-8-0 600 1901–03 8 4F 17990-17997

William Pickersgill 1914-1923

Wheel
Arrangement		 Class Date Builder No. built LMS power classification LMS numbers Notes
4-4-0 113 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
4-6-0 191 1922 North British 8 3P 14619–14626 "New Oban Bogies", non-superheated
60 1916–7 St. Rollox 6 4P 14650–14655 "Greybacks", another 20 (14630–14649) built by LMS
938 1915 Hawthorn Leslie 6 4P 14756–14761 "River" class, originally built for Highland Railway.
956 1921 St. Rollox 4 5P 14800–14803
0-4-4T 159 1915–22 St. Rollox 10 2P 15227–15236 non-superheated
431 1922 St. Rollox 4 2P 15237–15240 non-superheated, another 10 (15260–15269) built by LMS
4-6-2T 944 1917 North British 12 4P 15350–15361
0-6-0 300 1918–20 St. Rollox 43 3F 17650–17692 non-superheated (some later converted)
2-8-0 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

Main article: Locomotives of the 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 4-2-2 Neilson and Company 3553 1886 On static display at the Riverside Museum
828 812 Class 0-6-0 St Rollox Works August
1899		 Operational at the Strathspey Railway
419 439 Class 0-4-4T St Rollox Works November
1907		 Operational at the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway

See also

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

References

  1. Ahrons, E.L. Locomotive and train working in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Vol. 3. p. 18.
  2. "James Manson (& Hugh Smellie)". steamindex.com. Hugh Smellie. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
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