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.
See main article: Highland Railway Classes prior to 1870. 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 produced only one new design, an 0-6-0ST of which 3 were built. These survived to pass into LMS ownership.
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 power classification | LMS Nos. | Withdrawn | Notes | ||
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F | 17 | Dübs & Co. (10) Lochgorm Works (7) | 1874–88 | 60–69, 31, 71–75, 84 | 1907-1923 | align=left | ||||||
H | 2 | Lochgorm Works | 1877 | 29–30 | — | — | 1910-1912 | align=left | ||||
O | 3 | Lochgorn Works | 1878–79 | 17, 58–59 | — | 15010–15012 | 1928-1933 | align=left | Built as 2-4-0T | |||
L | 9 | Lochgorm Works | 1882–1901 | 1P | 14277, 14279–14285 | 1922-1930 | align=left | |||||
E | 8 | 1886 | 76–83 | 1P | 14278 | 1923-1930 | align=left | |||||
S | 1 | Lochgorm Works | 1890 | 13 | 0P | 15050 | 1929 | align=left | ||||
D | 12 | 1892 | 89–100 | 1P | 14271–14276 | 1923-1930 | align=left | |||||
P | 5 | 1892–93 | 11,14-15,101-102 | 0P | 15013–15017 | 1924-1934 | align=left | First 2 were built for Uruguay Eastern Railway | ||||
I | 15 | 1894 | 103–117 | 4F | 17916–17930 | 1929-1940 | align=left | |||||
B | 18 | Dübs & Co. (15) North British Loco. Co. (3) | 1896–1917 | 119–133, 70–72 | 2P | 14379–14396 | 1930-1950 | align=left | ||||
T | 1 | 1871 | 118 | 1923 | align=left | Purchased from Duke of Sutherland in 1895 |
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 power classification | LMS Nos. | Withdrawn | Notes | ||
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20 | Dübs & Co. (8) Lochgorm Works (9) North British Loco. Co. (3) | 1898–1906 | 1–17, 38, 41, 47 | 2P | 14397–14416 | 1931-1953 | align=left | ||||
12 | Dübs & Co. (10) North British Loco. Co. (2) | 1900–07 | 134–139, 18–21 | 3F | 17693–17704 | 1936-1952 | align=left | ||||
19 | Dübs & Co. (10) North British Loco. Co. (9) | 1900–17 | 26–30, 35, 50, 58–59, 140–149 | 3P | 14675–14693 | 1930-1947 | align=left | ||||
3 | Lochgorn Works | 1903–04 | 22–24 | 2F | 16380–16382 | 1930-1934 | align=left | ||||
4 | Lochgorn Works | 1905–06 | 25, 40, 45–46 | 0P | 15051–15054 | 1930-1957 | align=left | BR no. 55053 was the last ex-Highland Railway locomotive in service (withdrawn in January 1957) | |||
6 | 1908–09 | 60–63, 66, 68 | 2P | 14417–14422 | 1932-1937 | align=left | |||||
8 | 1909–12 | 29, 31, 39, 42, 44, 64–65, 69 | 4P | 15300–15307 | 1932-1936 | align=left |
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.
Christopher Cumming designed one class of 4-4-0 and two types of 4-6-0, totalling 18 locomotives, which all passed to the LMS.
Class | Type | Quantity | Manufacturer | Date | HR Nos. | LMS power classification | LMS Nos. | Withdrawn | Notes | ||
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2 | 1917 | 73–74 | 3P | 14522–14523 | 1935-1936 | align=left | named Snaigow and Durn | ||||
8 | 1918–19 | 75-82 | 5F | 17950–17957 | 1946-1952 | align=left | |||||
8 | 1919–21 | 49, 51-57 | 4P | 14762–14769 | 1943-1950 | align=left | Some names reused on BR Standard Class 6 |
See main article: Locomotives of the 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.