Highland Railway Loch Class
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The Highland Railway Loch class locomotive
s were small 4-4-0
s normally used north of Inverness
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They were introduced in 1896, the design of David Jones, and had the typical Jones appearance with outside cylinders, domed cab roof, louvered chimney,but as with the Jones Goods class 4-6-0 the Allan style front framing was dispensed with.Allan valve gear was still used.
Fifteen were built by Dübs and Company
in Glasgow, all going into traffic between July and September 1896:
! HR number !! Name !! LMS number !! BR number
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Loch Insh
14379
54379
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Loch Ness
14380
| 121
Loch Ericht
14381
| 122
Loch Moy
14382
| 123
Loch an Dorb
14383
| 124
Loch Laggan
14384
| 125
Loch Tay
14385
54385
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| 126
Loch Tummel
14386
| 127
Loch Garry
14387
| 128
Loch Luichart
14388
| 129
Loch Maree
14389
| 130
Loch Fannich
14390
| 131
Loch Shin
14391
| 132
Loch Naver
14392
| 133
Loch Laoghal
14393
Three more were built in 1917 by Dübs' successor, the North British Locomotive Company
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! HR number !! Name !! LMS number
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Loch Ashie
14394
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Loch Garve
14395
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Loch Ruthven
These were needed primarily for the increased traffic on the Kyle
line where they were the heaviest locomotives permitted. It should be remembered that this period was when the initial traffic of the United States
effort in World War I
was flowing, and much was brought to the west coast of Scotland
in an effort to reduce the effect of the U-Boat
menace. The trains ran from Kyle to Invergordon
so it was a wholly HR traffic.
Withdrawal occurred from 1930 onwards, with only two surviving into British Railways ownership. Neither received their allocated BR number before being withdrawn in 1948 ('Loch Insh') and 1950 ('Loch Tay').
They were classified '2P' by the LMS
.
Locomotive
A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
s were small 4-4-0
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...
s normally used north of Inverness
Inverness
Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...
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They were introduced in 1896, the design of David Jones, and had the typical Jones appearance with outside cylinders, domed cab roof, louvered chimney,but as with the Jones Goods class 4-6-0 the Allan style front framing was dispensed with.Allan valve gear was still used.
Fifteen were built by Dübs and Company
Dûbs and Company
Dübs & Co. was a locomotive works in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie. In 1903 it became part of the North British Locomotive Company.-Preserved locomotives:...
in Glasgow, all going into traffic between July and September 1896:
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Loch Insh
Loch Insh is a loch in Highlands region, Scotland.It is situated in the heart of Badenoch and Strathspey, seven miles south of Aviemore and seven miles north of Kingussie. The loch is a location for sailing and kayaking/canoeing. There is a well stocked watersports centre on the southeast side of...
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Loch Ness
Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. Its surface is above sea level. Loch Ness is best known for the alleged sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie"...
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Loch Ericht
Loch Ericht is a freshwater loch on the border between Perth and Kinross and the Highlands Council areas of Scotland. It is situated at a height of 351 metres above sea level and has a north-east to south-west orientation. The village of Dalwhinnie lies at the north east end of the loch...
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Loch Moy
Loch M'hoy is a freshwater loch beside the village of M'hoy near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.-References:...
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Loch Laggan
Loch Laggan is a freshwater loch situated east of Fort William, in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. The A86 road from Spean Bridge to Kingussie follows along its north bank...
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Loch Tay
Loch Tay is a freshwater loch in the central highlands of Scotland, in the district of Perthshire.It is a long narrow loch of around 14 miles long, and typically around 1 to 1½ miles wide, following the line of the valley from the south west to north east...
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Loch Tummel
Loch Tummel is a long, narrow loch, 7 kilometres north west of Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross, Scotland .-Geography:The loch is approximately 11 kilometres long from east to west, and is just under 1 kilometre wide...
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Loch Garry
Loch Garry, , is 25 km north of Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland, and is 11 km long and 50 m deep. It is fed by waters from Loch Quoich 10 km upstream on the River Garry, and drains into Loch Oich in the Great Glen just 5 km downstream...
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Loch Maree
Loch Maree is a loch in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. At long and with a maximum width of , it is the fourth largest freshwater loch in Scotland; it is the largest north of Loch Ness. Its surface area is ....
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Loch Fannich
Loch Fannich is a remote loch in Ross-shire, in the Scottish highlands. The loch is located 12 miles west of Strathpeffer.Loch Fannich was dammed and its water level raised as part of the Conon Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, built by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board between 1946 and 1961...
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Loch Shin
Loch Shin is a loch in the Scottish North West Highlands. To the south is the small town of Lairg. The loch is the largest in Sutherland, runs from the north-west to the south-east and is 17 miles long....
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Three more were built in 1917 by Dübs' successor, the North British Locomotive Company
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...
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Loch Ruthven
Loch Ruthven is a large loch which lies to the southeast of Loch Ness in the Highland region of Scotland. It is 2.25 miles long, extends over an area of 368 acres and is up to 42ft deep. The most important breeding site in the UK for Slavonian Grebes, it has one of the highest populations of this...
These were needed primarily for the increased traffic on the Kyle
Kyle of Lochalsh
Kyle of Lochalsh is a village on the northwest coast of Scotland, 63 miles west of Inverness. It is located at the entrance to Loch Alsh, opposite the village of Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye...
line where they were the heaviest locomotives permitted. It should be remembered that this period was when the initial traffic of the United States
United States
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effort in World War I
World War I
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was flowing, and much was brought to the west coast of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
in an effort to reduce the effect of the U-Boat
U-boat
U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II...
menace. The trains ran from Kyle to Invergordon
Invergordon
Invergordon is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland.-History:The town is well known for the Invergordon Mutiny of 1931. More recently it was also known for the repair of oil rigs which used to be lined up in the Cromarty Firth on which the town is situated...
so it was a wholly HR traffic.
Withdrawal occurred from 1930 onwards, with only two surviving into British Railways ownership. Neither received their allocated BR number before being withdrawn in 1948 ('Loch Insh') and 1950 ('Loch Tay').
They were classified '2P' by the LMS
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...
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