Highland Railway Clan Goods Class
![]() ‘Clan Goods’ on an Aberdeen to Inverness express in 1948
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The Highland Railway's Clan Goods class was a class of steam locomotive. They were designed by Christopher Cumming. The first four (Nos 75 to 78) were built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company on Tyneside, some sources claim they were delivered in 1917, others claim it was the following year. Four more were built in 1919.
Dimensions
They featured two Robinson type Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). cylinders outside (with long tail-rods), 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) driving wheel and a boiler set at 175 lbf/in2 (1.21 MPa). Locomotive weight was 56 long tons 9 cwt (126,400 lb or 57.4 t).
Transfer to LMS
All eight entered service with the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in January 1923. They were classified '5F' by the LMS.
Transfer to BR
Seven locomotives survived to enter British Railways (BR) service in 1948.
Numbering
HR No. | Built | LMS No. | BR No. | Withdrawn | Notes |
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75 | 1918 | 17950 | 57950 | August 1950 | |
76 | 1918 | 17951 | 57951 | May 1951 | |
77 | 1918 | 17952 | — | October 1946 | |
78 | 1918 | 17953 | 57953 | October 1948 | Withdrawn before BR number applied |
79 | 1918 | 17954 | 57954 | October 1952 | |
80 | 1919 | 17955 | 57955 | June 1952 | |
81 | 1919 | 17956 | 57956 | May 1952 | |
82 | 1919 | 17957 | 57957 | March 1946 |
References
- ↑ Baxter 1984, p. 202.
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