Locomotives of the Caledonian Railway explained

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.[1]

Robert Sinclair 1847-1856

Class Date Builder No. built Notes
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
1848-52 6 all rebuilt 1857-65 as 2-4-0
1854-5 CR Greenock 12
1854 8
1854-5 CR Greenock 13
1855 CR Greenock 6
1847-9 3
1847 6
1848 CR Greenock 5
1849 CR Greenock 5
1853 4
1855 CR Greenock 3
1856-8 8
1854 Hawthorn of Leith 2
1853 CR Greenock 8 6 later rebuilt as 0-4-2T
1854-5 Hawthorn of Leith 1
1854-5 Hawthorn of Leith 2
1851 CR Greenock 3
1848 2 1 rebuilt as 0-4-2T, both sold 1863
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
1859-64 12 8 ft 2 in wheels
1875 4 8 ft 2 in wheels
1864 4 7 ft 2 in wheels
1871 1 7 ft 2 in wheels - Experimental design
1861-6 Neilson (34) 64
Dübs (30)
1870-1 Dübs (18) 31
Neilson (13)
1872-4 40
1858-9 St. Rollox (4) 8
Neilson (4) with steam tenders
1860-3 St. Rollox (10) 25
Neilson (9)
Beyer-Peacock (6)
1861-6 Neilson (9) 18
Dübs (9)
1865-7 11
1865-6 10
1866-70 37
1867-73 St. Rollox (10) 28
Neilson (18)
1868 Caledonian Railway, Perth 2
1869-74 Dübs (14) 35
Neilson (21)
1870 16
1872-3 31
1874 7
1875 4
1874-8 Dübs (19) 29
Neilson (10)
1877 5
1862 4
1865 2
1867 1
1869-72 6
1872-4 2
1873 2
1876-81 14
1873-4 4
1870 2
1871-5 Neilson (8) 14
Dübs (6)
1873 1
1858 1
1872 1
1874-7 39

George Brittain 1876-1882

Wheel
Arrangement 		Class Date Builder No. built LMS numbers Notes
1878 10
1878-82 30 U 17000-17020
1882 10 1P 14100-14107 "Oban bogie"
1878 1 Crane tank
1879 12
1880 15
1881 1 For officer's saloon
1881 6 1F 16150 Withdrawn before LMS number could be applied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
1886 Neilson1 1P 14010 Won Gold medal at Edinburgh International Exhibition 1886
1888-91 12 1P 14108-14115 "Coast bogies"
1884-91 Neilson (10)
St. Rollox (18) 		28 1P 14290-14309
1886 1 1P 14296 Exhibition engine - related to "66" class
1885 2 U 15000-15001
1884-91 24 1P 15100-15114
1885-90 20 U 16008-16025
1888 6 U 16100-16102
1887-8 30 3F 16202-16224
1883-95 Neilson (35)
St. Rollox (128) 		163 2F 17230-17392

Hugh Smellie 1890

Appointed 1 September 1890. Died 19 April 1891.[2]

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
1894 6 1P 14308-14310
1893-4 12 1P 15020-15031
1895 10 2P 15115-15124
1892 2 Second-hand - built 1872-3 by Dübs and Company
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)1896 15 2P 14311-14325 Dunalastair I
1897–98 15 2P/3P 14326-14336 & 14430-14433 Dunalastair II - 4 rebuilt 1914 with superheaters
1899–1900 16 2P/3P 14337-14348 & 14434-14437 Dunalastair III - 6 rebuilt 1914-30 with superheaters
1904–10 19 2P/3P 14349-14365 & 14438-14439 Dunalastair IV - 4 rebuilt 1915-22 with superheaters
1910–12 11 3P 14440-14449 Schmidt superheater
1913–14 11 3P 14450-14460 Robinson superheater
1902–05 9 3P 14600-14608
1906–07 10 3P 14609-14618
1903 2 4P 14750-14751 rebuilt 1911 with Schmidt superheaters
1906 5 4P 14752-14755 "Cardeans", rebuilt 1911 with Schmidt superheaters
1897 12 2P 15125-15136
1900 10 2P 15137-15146
1899 12 1P 15147-15158
1900–14 68 2P 15159-15226
1896 1 U 16000 acquired second hand 1897. Built by A. Barclay
1895–1908 14 0F 16026-16039 continuation of 264 class
1912–21 23 2F 16151-16173 Short wheelbase
1895–96 9 3F 16231-16239 With condensers for Glasgow Central low-level line
1898–1913 138 3F 16240-16376
1903–04 6 4F 16500-16505
1895–97 81 2F 17393-17473 Similar to "294" class
1899–1900 79 3F 17550-17628
1908–09 17 3F 17629-17645 Modified 812 class
1912 4 3F 17646-17649 652 class with superheater
1912 5 3F 17800-17804 "Converted 30 class"
1906 5 3F 17900-17904
1913–14 5 3F 17905-17909 Superheated
1914–15 6 3F 17910-17915 Superheated
1901–03 8 4F 17990-17997

William Pickersgill 1914-1923

Wheel
Arrangement 		Class Date Builder No. built LMS power classification LMS numbers Notes
1916 St. Rollox (6)
North British (10) 		16 3P 14461–14476 style=text-align:center
1920–2 St. Rollox (10)
Armstrong Whitworth (10)
North British (12) 		32 3P 14477–14508 style=text-align:center
1922 North British8 3P 14619–14626 style=text-align:center "New Oban Bogies", non-superheated
1916–7 6 4P 14650–14655 style=text-align:center "Greybacks", another 20 (14630–14649) built by LMS
9381915 6 4P 14756–14761 style=text-align:center "River" class, originally built for Highland Railway.
1921 St. Rollox4 5P 14800–14803 style=text-align:center
1915–22 10 2P 15227–15236 style=text-align:center non-superheated
4311922 4 2P 15237–15240 style=text-align:center non-superheated, another 10 (15260–15269) built by LMS
1917 North British12 4P 15350–15361 style=text-align:center
1918–20 43 3F 17650–17692 style=text-align:center non-superheated (some later converted)
1919–20 Various 50 style=text-align:center GCR design, built for the government. Disposed of 1925-7, many went to China.

London, Midland and Scottish Railway

See main article: article and 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 3553 1886 align=left On static display at the Riverside Museum
828 August
1899 		align=left Operational at the Strathspey Railway
419 November
1907 		align=left Operational at the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway

See also

Sources

References

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

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