264 Class loco 56039 shunting at Whiteinch Glasgow in 1958. Built in 1885 as CR 269, later LMS 16039 and BR 56039. Note converted wagon acting as coal tender.
Type and origin
Power type
Steam
Designer
Dugald Drummond, John F. McIntosh
Builder
Neilson and Company, St. Rollox Works
Build date
1885, 1889, 1890, 1895, 1900, 1902, 1908
Total produced
34
Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte
0-4-0ST
• UIC
B n2t
Gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.
3 ft 8 in (1.12 m)
Length
22 ft 3+3⁄4 in (6.801 m)
Loco weight
27.375 long tons (27.814 t)
Tender weight
6 long tons (6.1 t; 6.7 short tons)
Fuel type
coal
Fuel capacity
2 long tons (2.0 t)
Water cap.
800 imp gal (3,600 L; 960 US gal)
Boiler pressure
140 psi (970 kPa)
Cylinders
2, outside
Cylinder size
14 in × 20 in (360 mm × 510 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort
10,601 lbf (47.16 kN)
Career
Operators
CR » LMS » BR Same type also operated by other companies.
Class
0F
Nicknames
Pug
Axle load class
CR/LMS/BR: Route availability 2
Locale
Scottish Region
Withdrawn
1924–1962
Disposition
All scrapped
The Caledonian Railway 264 and 611 classes were 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotives designed by Dugald Drummond and built by Neilson and Company in 1885.[1][2] Later examples were built at St Rollox Works under the direction of John F. McIntosh in 1895, 1900, 1902 and 1908.[2][3][4]
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^ ab"611 Caledonian Class 0-4-0" in The Observer's Book of Railway Locomotives of Great Britain (Warne & Co 1961), p.148
^MacLeod, A.B. The McIntosh locomotives of the Caledonian Railway, 1895-1914. (London, Ian Allan, 1948) p.44
^Caledonian Locomotives, www.steamindex.com
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