Highland Railway Bruce or E class | |
Powertype: | Steam |
Designer: | David Jones |
Builder: | Clyde Locomotive Company |
Serialnumber: | 1–8 |
Builddate: | 1886 |
Totalproduction: | 8 |
Whytetype: | 4-4-0 |
Uicclass: | 2′B n2 |
Leadingdiameter: | 3feet |
Driverdiameter: | 6feet |
Locoweight: | 43LT |
Watercap: | 2250impgal |
Boiler: | 4feet diameter, 9feet between tubeplates |
Boilerpressure: | 160lbf/in2 |
Totalsurface: | 1140square feet |
Cylindercount: | Two (outside) |
Cylindersize: | 18x |
Valvegear: | Stephenson |
Tractiveeffort: | 141002NaN2 |
Operator: | Highland Railway London, Midland & Scottish |
Operatorclass: | HR: Bruce; E (from 1901) |
Powerclass: | LMS: 1P |
Nicknames: | Clyde Bogies |
The Highland Railway E Class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive designed by David Jones for passenger service. They were also known as the 'Clyde Bogies' as they were built by the Clyde Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland. They were the first locomotives built by that company.
Built in 1886, they were a development of Jones' previous F Class. Originally known as the Bruce class, they were assigned to Class E under Drummond's locomotive classification scheme of 1901.
The boiler pressure was 160-1NaN-1, the cylinders were 18x, and the driving wheel diameter was 6feet.
76 | Bruce | 1924 | align=left | Displayed at the International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art, Edinburgh 1886. Renumbered 76A in 1917 | ||
77 | Lovat | 1923 | align=left | Withdrawn and reinstated in 1915. Renumbered 77A in 1917 | ||
78 | Lochalsh | 1923 | align=left | Renumbered 78A in 1917 | ||
79 | Atholl | 1923 | align=left | Renumbered 79A in 1917 | ||
80 | Stafford | 1923 | align=left | Renumbered 80A in 1919 | ||
81 | Colville | 1924 | align=left | Renumbered 81A in 1919 | ||
82 | Fife | 1930 | align=left | Renamed Durn in 1908; name removed 1917. Renumbered 82A in 1917, and 14278 by LMS | ||
83 | Cadboll | 1923 | align=left | Renamed Monkland in 1902. Renumbered 83A in 1917 |
All were still in service at the end of 1922, but when the Highland Railway engines passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) on 1 September 1923, five had been withdrawn. Numbers 76A and 81A were withdrawn in 1924, but only 82A survived long enough to carry its LMS number (14278) – it was withdrawn in April 1930. No 79A was withdrawn in 1923 and stored at Aviemore until being scrapped at Kilmarnock in 1925.