# Locomotives of the Caledonian Railway

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.

### Robert Sinclair 1847-1856

| Wheel Arrangement | Class | Date | Builder | No. built | Notes |
| 2-2-2 | 4 | 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 |
| 2-2-2 | 59 | 1848-52 | Jones & Potts | 6 | all rebuilt 1857-65 as 2-4-0 |
| 2-2-2 | 65 | 1854-5 | CR Greenock | 12 | |
| 2-4-0 | 144 | 1854 | George England | 8 | |
| 2-4-0 | 152 | 1854-5 | CR Greenock | 13 | |
| 2-4-0 | 165 | 1855 | CR Greenock | 6 | |
| 0-4-2 | 111 | 1847-9 | R&W Hawthorn | 3 | |
| 0-4-2 | 113 | 1847 | Neilson & Mitchell | 6 | |
| 0-4-2 | 101 | 1848 | CR Greenock | 5 | |
| 0-4-2 | 106 | 1849 | CR Greenock | 5 | |
| 0-4-2 | 132 | 1853 | Neilson | 4 | |
| 0-4-2 | 171 | 1855 | CR Greenock | 3 | |
| 0-4-2 | 174 | 1856-8 | St. Rollox | 8 | |
| 2-4-0T | 80 | 1854 | Hawthorn of Leith | 2 | |
| 0-4-0ST | 136 | 1853 | CR Greenock | 8 | 6 later rebuilt as 0-4-2T |
| 0-4-0ST | 83 | 1854-5 | Hawthorn of Leith | 1 | |
| 0-4-2ST | 87 | 1854-5 | Hawthorn of Leith | 2 | |
| 2-2-2WT | 77 | 1851 | CR Greenock | 3 | |
| 0-4-0 | 116 | 1848 | Fairbairn | 2 | 1 rebuilt as 0-4-2T, both sold 1863 |
| 0-6-0 | 96 | 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 |
| 2-2-2 | 76 | 1859-64 | St. Rollox | 12 | 8 ft 2 in wheels |
| 2-2-2 | 113 | 1875 | St. Rollox | 4 | 8 ft 2 in wheels |
| 2-2-2 | 88 | 1864 | St. Rollox | 4 | 7 ft 2 in wheels |
| 2-2-2 | 460 | 1871 | A. Barclay | 1 | 7 ft 2 in wheels - Experimental design |
| 0-4-2 | 216 | 1861-6 | Neilson (34) | 64 | |
| 0-4-2 | 216 | 1861-6 | Dübs (30) | 64 | |
| 0-4-2 | 552 | 1870-1 | Dübs (18) | 31 | |
| 0-4-2 | 552 | 1870-1 | Neilson (13) | 31 | |
| 0-4-2 | 324 | 1872-4 | Neilson | 40 | |
| 2-4-0 | 189 | 1858-9 | St. Rollox (4) | 8 | |
| 2-4-0 | 189 | 1858-9 | Neilson (4) | 8 | with steam tenders |
| 2-4-0 | 197 | 1860-3 | St. Rollox (10) | 25 | |
| 2-4-0 | 197 | 1860-3 | Neilson (9) | 25 | |
| 2-4-0 | 197 | 1860-3 | Beyer-Peacock (6) | 25 | |
| 2-4-0 | 228 | 1861-6 | Neilson (9) | 18 | |
| 2-4-0 | 228 | 1861-6 | Dübs (9) | 18 | |
| 2-4-0 | 92 | 1865-7 | St. Rollox | 11 | |
| 2-4-0 | 288 | 1865-6 | Dübs | 10 | |
| 2-4-0 | 417 | 1866-70 | Neilson | 37 | |
| 2-4-0 | 98 | 1867-73 | St. Rollox (10) | 28 | |
| 2-4-0 | 98 | 1867-73 | Neilson (18) | 28 | |
| 2-4-0 | 472 | 1868 | Caledonian Railway, Perth | 2 | |
| 2-4-0 | 1 | 1869-74 | Dübs (14) | 35 | |
| 2-4-0 | 1 | 1869-74 | Neilson (21) | 35 | |
| 2-4-0 | 372 | 1870 | Neilson | 16 | |
| 2-4-0 | 583 | 1872-3 | Dübs | 31 | |
| 2-4-0 | 42 | 1874 | Dübs | 7 | |
| 2-4-0 | 55 | 1875 | Neilson | 4 | |
| 2-4-0 | 615 | 1874-8 | Dübs (19) | 29 | |
| 2-4-0 | 615 | 1874-8 | Neilson (10) | 29 | |
| 4-4-0 | 125 | 1877 | Neilson | 5 | |
| 0-4-0PT | 236 | 1862 | Neilson | 4 | |
| 0-4-0PT | 270 | 1865 | A. Barclay | 2 | |
| 0-4-0ST | 123 | 1867 | Neilson | 1 | |
| 0-4-0ST | 15 | 1869-72 | A. Barclay | 6 | |
| 0-4-0ST | 133 | 1872-4 | A. Barclay | 2 | |
| 0-4-0T | 446 | 1873 | Dübs | 2 | |
| 0-4-0ST | 502 | 1876-81 | Neilson | 14 | |
| 0-4-4WT | 488 | 1873-4 | Neilson | 4 | |
| 0-6-0ST | 139 | 1870 | Neilson | 2 | |
| 0-6-0ST | 536 | 1871-5 | Neilson (8) | 14 | |
| 0-6-0ST | 536 | 1871-5 | Dübs (6) | 14 | |
| 0-6-0ST | 141 | 1873 | Neilson | 1 | |
| 0-6-0 | 188 | 1858 | Neilson | 1 | |
| 0-6-0 | 120 | 1872 | St. Rollox | 1 | |
| 0-6-0 | 631 | 1874-7 | Dübs | 39 | |

### George Brittain 1876-1882

| Wheel Arrangement | Class | Date | Builder | No. built | LMS power classification | LMS numbers | Notes |
| 2-4-0 | 130 | 1878 | Dübs | 10 | | | |
| 0-4-2 | 670 | 1878-82 | Dübs | 30 | U | 17000-17020 | |
| 4-4-0 | 179 | 1882 | Dübs | 10 | 1P | 14100-14107 | "Oban bogie" |
| 0-4-0T | 485 | 1878 | Neilson | 1 | | | Crane tank |
| 2-4-0T | 140 | 1879 | Dübs | 12 | | | |
| 2-4-2T | 152 | 1880 | Neilson | 15 | | | |
| 2-2-2WT | 1 | 1881 | St. Rollox | 1 | | | For officer's saloon |
| 0-6-0ST | 486 | 1881 | Neilson | 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 |
| 4-2-2 | 123 | 1886 | Neilson | 1 | 1P | 14010 | Won Gold medal at Edinburgh International Exhibition 1886 |
| 4-4-0 | 80 | 1888-91 | St. Rollox | 12 | 1P | 14108-14115 | "Coast bogies" |
| 4-4-0 | 66 | 1884-91 | Neilson (10) St. Rollox (18) | 28 | 1P | 14290-14309 | |
| 4-4-0 | 124 | 1886 | Dübs | 1 | 1P | 14296 | Exhibition engine - related to "66" class |
| 0-4-2ST | 262 | 1885 | St. Rollox | 2 | U | 15000-15001 | |
| 0-4-4T | 171 | 1884-91 | St. Rollox | 24 | 1P | 15100-15114 | |
| 0-4-0ST | 264 | 1885-90 | St. Rollox | 20 | U | 16008-16025 | |
| 0-6-0ST | 272 | 1888 | St. Rollox | 6 | U | 16100-16102 | |
| 0-6-0ST | 323 | 1887-8 | St. Rollox | 30 | 3F | 16202-16224 | |
| 0-6-0 | 294 | 1883-95 | Neilson (35) St. Rollox (128) | 163 | 2F | 17230-17392 | |

### Hugh Smellie 1890

Appointed 1 September 1890. Died 19 April 1891.

### 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 |
| 4-4-0 | 13 | 1894 | 6 | 1P | 14308-14310 | |
| 4-4-0T | 1 | 1893-4 | 12 | 1P | 15020-15031 | |
| 0-4-4T | 19 | 1895 | 10 | 2P | 15115-15124 | |
| 0-4-0ST | 538A | 1892 | 2 | | | Second-hand - built 1872-3 by Dübs and Company |
| 0-6-0ST | 211 | 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) | 721 | 1896 | 15 | 2P | 14311-14325 | Dunalastair I |
| 4-4-0 (Dunalastairs) | 766 | 1897–98 | 15 | 2P/3P | 14326-14336 & 14430-14433 | Dunalastair II - 4 rebuilt 1914 with superheaters |
| 4-4-0 (Dunalastairs) | 900 | 1899–1900 | 16 | 2P/3P | 14337-14348 & 14434-14437 | Dunalastair III - 6 rebuilt 1914-30 with superheaters |
| 4-4-0 (Dunalastairs) | 140 | 1904–10 | 19 | 2P/3P | 14349-14365 & 14438-14439 | Dunalastair IV - 4 rebuilt 1915-22 with superheaters |
| 4-4-0 (Dunalastairs) | 139 | 1910–12 | 11 | 3P | 14440-14449 | Schmidt superheater |
| 4-4-0 (Dunalastairs) | 43 | 1913–14 | 11 | 3P | 14450-14460 | Robinson superheater |
| 4-6-0 | 55 | 1902–05 | 9 | 3P | 14600-14608 | |
| 4-6-0 | 908 | 1906–07 | 10 | 3P | 14609-14618 | |
| 4-6-0 | 49 | 1903 | 2 | 4P | 14750-14751 | rebuilt 1911 with Schmidt superheaters |
| 4-6-0 | 903 | 1906 | 5 | 4P | 14752-14755 | "Cardeans", rebuilt 1911 with Schmidt superheaters |
| 0-4-4T | 92 | 1897 | 12 | 2P | 15125-15136 | |
| 0-4-4T | 879 | 1900 | 10 | 2P | 15137-15146 | |
| 0-4-4T | 104 | 1899 | 12 | 1P | 15147-15158 | |
| 0-4-4T | 439 | 1900–14 | 68 | 2P | 15159-15226 | |
| 0-4-0ST | 781 | 1896 | 1 | U | 16000 | acquired second hand 1897. Built by A. Barclay |
| 0-4-0ST | 611 | 1895–1908 | 14 | 0F | 16026-16039 | continuation of 264 class |
| 0-6-0T | 498 | 1912–21 | 23 | 2F | 16151-16173 | Short wheelbase |
| 0-6-0T | 29 | 1895–96 | 9 | 3F | 16231-16239 | With condensers for Glasgow Central low-level line |
| 0-6-0T | 782 | 1898–1913 | 138 | 3F | 16240-16376 | |
| 0-8-0T | 492 | 1903–04 | 6 | 4F | 16500-16505 | |
| 0-6-0 | 711 | 1895–97 | 81 | 2F | 17393-17473 | Similar to "294" class |
| 0-6-0 | 812 | 1899–1900 | 79 | 3F | 17550-17628 | |
| 0-6-0 | 652 | 1908–09 | 17 | 3F | 17629-17645 | Modified 812 class |
| 0-6-0 | 30 | 1912 | 4 | 3F | 17646-17649 | 652 class with superheater |
| 2-6-0 | 34 | 1912 | 5 | 3F | 17800-17804 | "Converted 30 class" |
| 4-6-0 | 918 | 1906 | 5 | 3F | 17900-17904 | |
| 4-6-0 | 179 | 1913–14 | 5 | 3F | 17905-17909 | Superheated |
| 4-6-0 | 184 | 1914–15 | 6 | 3F | 17910-17915 | Superheated |
| 0-8-0 | 600 | 1901–03 | 8 | 4F | 17990-17997 | |

### William Pickersgill 1914-1923

| Wheel Arrangement | Class | Date | Builder | No. built | LMS power classification | LMS numbers | Notes |
| 4-4-0 | 113 | 1916 | St. Rollox (6) North British (10) | 16 | 3P | 14461–14476 | |
| 4-4-0 | 72 | 1920–2 | St. Rollox (10) Armstrong Whitworth (10) North British (12) | 32 | 3P | 14477–14508 | |
| 4-6-0 | 191 | 1922 | North British | 8 | 3P | 14619–14626 | "New Oban Bogies", non-superheated |
| 4-6-0 | 60 | 1916–7 | St. Rollox | 6 | 4P | 14650–14655 | "Greybacks", another 20 (14630–14649) built by LMS |
| 4-6-0 | 938 | 1915 | Hawthorn Leslie | 6 | 4P | 14756–14761 | "River" class, originally built for Highland Railway. |
| 4-6-0 | 956 | 1921 | St. Rollox | 4 | 5P | 14800–14803 | |
| 0-4-4T | 159 | 1915–22 | St. Rollox | 10 | 2P | 15227–15236 | non-superheated |
| 0-4-4T | 431 | 1922 | St. Rollox | 4 | 2P | 15237–15240 | non-superheated, another 10 (15260–15269) built by LMS |
| 4-6-2T | 944 | 1917 | North British | 12 | 4P | 15350–15361 | |
| 0-6-0 | 300 | 1918–20 | St. Rollox | 43 | 3F | 17650–17692 | non-superheated (some later converted) |
| 2-8-0 | ROD 2-8-0 | 1919–20 | Various | 50 | | | GCR design, built for the government. Disposed of 1925-7, many went to China. |

## 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

| CR No. | CR Class | Type | Manufacturer | Serial No. | Date | Notes |
| 123 | Single | 4-2-2 | Neilson and Company | 3553 | 1886 | On static display at the Riverside Museum |
| 828 | 812 Class | 0-6-0 | St Rollox Works | | August 1899 | Operational at the Strathspey Railway |
| 419 | 439 Class | 0-4-4T | St Rollox Works | | November 1907 | Operational at the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway |