4-6-0 Class 60 CR Profile and Models

4-6-0 Class 60 CR

14640 at Motherwell Locomotive Depot in August 1948. ©Ben Brooksbank

The Caledonian Railway 60 Class were 4-6-0 passenger engines designed by William Pickersgill and introduced in 1916. Six were built by the Caledonian Railway at its own St. Rollox works in 1916–17, and all of them passed into LMS ownership in 1923. A further twenty locomotives of a slightly modified design were built by the LMS under the auspices of George Hughes in the period of 1925–1926. The 60 Class were rugged and free steaming, but were unsophisticated and of lethargic performance for their size. Although classified as passenger locomotives by the LMS, latterly they spent much of their time on goods trains and acquired the nickname Greybacks, either in reference to their long and grimy boilers or possibly as an insult from former Glasgow and South Western Railway enginemen. Withdrawals began in 1944 but twenty three passed into British Railways ownership in 1948. The last locomotives were withdrawn from service in 1953, and all were scrapped.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

St Rollox Works

Build Date

1916 to 1917

Total Built

6

Tractive Effort

21,795 lbf

Wheel Configuration

4-6-0

Operated By

Caledonian Railway
London, Midland & Scottish Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Mixed Traffic

In Service Until

1953

Surviving Examples

0

 

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Caledonian Railway 60 Class 4-6-0 steam locomotive kit CR - Caledonian Railway