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The Highland Railway O Class locomotives were built as 2-4-0T tank engines, but were soon rebuilt as 4-4-0Ts. They were designed by David Jones for Scottish Railway companies and three were built at the company's Lochgorm Works in 1878 and 1879.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The Highland Railway Drummond 0-6-4T or X class were large tank engines originally intended for banking duty.
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As will be apparent, the original numbering scheme was a simple chronological sequence, although Stroudley tank no. 16 was built as a replacement for the original Findhorn branch engine and received its number. In later years, new locomotives took some of the early numbers, and surviving early engines were either renumbered or given an 'A' suffix.
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One 0-4-4 saddle-tank was built at Inverness in 1890 for service on the Strathpeffer branch. Originally numbered 13 and named 'Strathpeffer', it had 4 ft 3 in coupled wheels, 14 in by 20 in inside cylinders, a 3 ft 6.5 in diameter boiler, and a weight in working order of 32 tons.
The locomotives were purchased by the Highland Railway in 1892, where they were numbered 101 and 102. Although their cowcatchers and large headlights were removed before entering service, they retained a somewhat American appearance quite unlike other HR designs of the period, lacking the classic Allan framing and sweep of plating from the ...