The Caledonian Railway

Caledonian Railway

The Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century and it was absorbed almost a century later into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, in the 1923 railway grouping, by means of the Railways Act 1921...

 812 Class, or "Jumbos" is a class of 0-6-0 steam tender locomotive

Tender locomotive

A tender or coal-car is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing the locomotive's fuel and water. Steam locomotives consume large quantities of water compared to the quantity of fuel, so tenders are necessary to keep the locomotive running over long distances. A locomotive...

 designed by John F. McIntosh

John F. McIntosh

John Farquharson McIntosh was a Scottish engineer. He was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Caledonian Railway from 1895-1914 . He was succeeded by William Pickersgill.-Locomotive designs:*Caledonian Railway 19, 92 and 439 classes 0-4-4T...

 and introduced in 1899. It featured the boiler from the 721 “Dunalastair” Class 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...

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Table of locomotives

Year	Quantity	CR Nos.	Builder	Builders No.	LMS Nos.	BR Nos.	Notes
1899	17	812–828	CR, St. Rollox St. Rollox railway works St. Rollox Locomotive Works and St Rollox Carriage and Wagon Works were built in 1856 in Springburn, an area in the north-east of Glasgow, for the Caledonian Railway, moving away from their works at Greenock...		17550–17566	57550–57566
1899	10	829–838	Neilson, Reid & Co. Neilson and Company Neilson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland.The company was started in 1836 at McAlpine Street by Walter Neilson and James Mitchell to manufacture marine and stationary engines...	5613–5622	17567–17576	57567–57576
1900	10	839–848	Neilson, Reid & Co. Neilson and Company Neilson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland.The company was started in 1836 at McAlpine Street by Walter Neilson and James Mitchell to manufacture marine and stationary engines...	5623–5632	17577–17586	57577–57586
1900	15	849–863	Sharp Stewart	4633–4647	17587–17601	57587–57601
c.1900	15	864–878	Dübs & Co.	3880–3894	17602–17616	57602–57616
	12	282–293			17617–17628	57617–57628
	8	652–659			17629–17636	57629–57636
	4	662–665			17637–17640	57637–57640
	4	325–328			17641–17644	57641–57644
	1	661			17645	57645

Seventeen were fitted with the Westinghouse air brakes for passenger train working, including the only surviving engine of the class, No. 828.
All 96 passed to the 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...

 at the 1923 grouping

Railways Act 1921

The Railways Act 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and to retain some of the benefits which...

. Only three, 17567, 17598 and 17610, had been withdrawn by the time of nationalisation in 1948. The last locomotive in service was not withdrawn until 1963.

Preservation

Locomotive 828 (LMS 17566, BR 57566) is the sole survivor of the class and is an important example of Scottish industrial heritage. It is currently in service at the Strathspey Railway.

In fiction

In The Railway Series

The Railway Series

The Railway Series is a set of story books about a railway system located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first being published in 1945. Twenty-six were written by the Rev. W. Awdry, up to 1972. A further 16 were written by his son, Christopher Awdry; 14...

 children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry, the characters Donald and Douglas

Donald and Douglas

Donald and Douglas are two fictional steam locomotives from The Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry. They also appear in Thomas and Friends, the television series based on the books...

("the Scottish twins"), are based on the Caledonian 812 class.

External links

• The Caley 828 Overhaul Website
• Rail UK database 812 and 652 Classes