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The Highland Railway K class were the only class of 0-6-0 tender locomotives built for the Highland Railway. They were introduced in 1900, to the design of Peter Drummond. The class were known as 'Barneys'.
They were fairly standard for British practice of the time, inside cylinders with 5 ft 0 in (1.524 m) diameter driving wheels and a general Drummond family appearance.
The first six (nos. 134 to 139) were built by Dübs and Company in 1900. These had inside bearing double bogie tenders, rather like the watercart designs brother Dugald was supplying on the London and South Western Railway. These were later transferred to C and U class (Ben) locomotives.
Four more (nos. 18 to 21) were supplied by Dübs in 1902. These omitted the watercart tenders but had another Drummond family speciality – cross water tubes in the firebox. No 21 is recorded as retaining this boiler in unmodified form until 1934.
A final pair (nos. 36 and 55) were built by the North British Locomotive Company in 1907.
All passed into London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) ownership in 1923. The first was withdrawn in 1936.
Seven survived into British Railways (BR) ownership in 1948. The last was withdrawn in 1952.
| HR No. | Manufacturer | Serial No. | Built | LMS No. | BR No. | Withdrawn | Notes |
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| 134 | Dübs & Co. | 3842 | February 1900 | 17693 | 57693 | June 1949 | Withdrawn before BR number applied |
| 135 | Dübs & Co. | 3843 | February 1900 | 17694 | 57694 | February 1950 | Withdrawn before BR number applied |
| 136 | Dübs & Co. | 3844 | February 1900 | 17695 | 57695 | January 1952 | |
| 137 | Dübs & Co. | 3845 | February 1900 | 17696 | — | March 1946 | |
| 138 | Dübs & Co. | 3846 | February 1900 | 17697 | 57697 | February 1951 | Had stovepipe chimney |
| 139 | Dübs & Co. | 3847 | February 1900 | 17698 | 57698 | December 1951 | |
| 18 | Dübs & Co. | 4240 | August 1902 | 17699 | 57699 | February 1949 | Withdrawn before BR number applied |
| 19 | Dübs & Co. | 4241 | August 1902 | 17700 | — | December 1946 | |
| 20 | Dübs & Co. | 4242 | August 1902 | 17701 | — | February 1936 | |
| 21 | Dübs & Co. | 4243 | August 1902 | 17702 | 57702 | November 1949 | Withdrawn before BR number applied |
| 36 | North British Locomotive Co. | 17896 | July 1907 | 17703 | — | July 1947 | |
| 55 | North British Locomotive Co. | 17897 | July 1907 | 17704 | — | December 1946 |
The Highland Railway's Clan Goods class was a class of steam locomotive. They were designed by Christopher Cumming. The first four were built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company on Tyneside, and the maker's plates bore the date 1917, but because of wartime delays were not delivered until 1918. Four more were built in 1919, also by Hawthorn Leslie.
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The locomotives of the Highland Railway were used by the Highland Railway to operate its lines in the north of Scotland. The Highland Railway locomotive works was at Lochgorm, Inverness. The works had been built about 1855 by the Inverness and Nairn Railway. The locomotive classes are listed under the names of the railway's Locomotive Superintendents.
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The Caledonian Railway 179 Class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by George Brittain for the Caledonian Railway (CR) and introduced in 1882.
The G&SWR 45 Class were 0-6-2T steam locomotives designed by Peter Drummond for the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) of which 18 were built in 1915-1917, followed by a further 10 of a slightly modified design in 1919 after Robert Whitelegg took over as Chief Mechanical Engineer.
The Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) 131 Class and 137 Class were two closely related classes of 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by Peter Drummond. A total of 12 locomotives were built between 1913 and 1915, with some constructed by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) at its Queens Park works and others by the G&SWR at its Kilmarnock works. Originally designated as the 131 and 137 classes, the locomotives were later renumbered and became known as the 331 and 325 classes, respectively, in 1919. Following the formation of the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923, the locomotives were transferred to the LMS, where they were classified as 3P in terms of power rating.