Highland Railway Cumming 4-4-0 Class
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The Highland Railway Cumming 4-4-0 class was a pair of 4-4-0
steam locomotives designed by Christopher Cumming, the Locomotive Superintendent of the Highland Railway
They had 20 inch outside cylinders with Walschaerts valve gear, 6 in 3 in (1.91 m) driving wheels and a boiler pressed to 175 lbf/in2. Weight was a half-hundredweight short of 56 long tons (125400 lb (56.9 t)).
Both survived into London, Midland and Scottish Railway
ownership in 1923, but neither lasted until nationalisation, as both were withdrawn and scrapped as non-standard engines in the mid-1930s. The LMS had classed them as 3P.
4-4-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-4-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels...
steam locomotives designed by Christopher Cumming, the Locomotive Superintendent of the Highland Railway
Highland Railway
The Highland Railway was one of the smaller British railways before the Railways Act 1921; it operated north of Perth railway station in Scotland and served the farthest north of Britain...
They had 20 inch outside cylinders with Walschaerts valve gear, 6 in 3 in (1.91 m) driving wheels and a boiler pressed to 175 lbf/in2. Weight was a half-hundredweight short of 56 long tons (125400 lb (56.9 t)).
| HR No. | Name | LMS No. | Withdrawn | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | Snaigow | 14522 | 1936 | |
| 74 | Durn | 14523 | 1935 | |
Both survived into London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The London Midland and Scottish Railway was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railway companies into just four...
ownership in 1923, but neither lasted until nationalisation, as both were withdrawn and scrapped as non-standard engines in the mid-1930s. The LMS had classed them as 3P.