Caledonian Railway 294 and 711 Classes

711 class No. 57472 at Bo'ness 4 October 1961

Performance figures
Tractive effort	17,901 lbf (79.63 kN)

The Caledonian Railway 294 and 711 Classes (nicknamed "Jumbo") were 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed by Dugald Drummond for the Caledonian Railway (CR) and introduced in 1883. After Drummond's retirement, construction of the class continued under Smellie, Lambie and McIntosh.^[1] ^[2]

Ownership changes

All 244 locomotives survived to be absorbed by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923 and 238 survived into British Railways (BR) ownership in 1948.

294 class No. 57361 at Polmadie Depot 15 August 1948

CR nos.	LMS nos.	BR nos.
Various	17230-17392	57230-57392

CR nos.	LMS nos.	BR nos.
Various	17393-17473	57393-57473

The BR number series are not continuous because some locomotives were withdrawn before 1948.

↑ Casserley, H.C. and Johnston, S.W., Locomotives at the Grouping, No.3, London Midland and Scottish, Ian Allan, 1966, pp 176-177
↑ http://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=2F-E

Caledonian Railway locomotives

Robert Sinclair (1847–1856)	59 (2-2-2) 96 101 111

Benjamin Connor (1856–1876)	59 (2-4-0) 552 600

George Brittain (1876–1882)	1 130 140 152 179 485 486 670

Dugald Drummond (1882–1890)	66 80 123 124 171 262 264 272 294 323

Hugh Smellie (1890)	Appointed 1 September 1890. Died 19 April 1891

John Lambie (1891–1895)	1 13 19 211 538A

John F. McIntosh (1895–1914)	29 43 49 55 92 139 140 179 184 439 498 611 652 711 721 766 782 812 879 900 903

William Pickersgill (1914–1923)	60 72 113 159 191 300 431 956

Miscellaneous	Highland Railway River Class

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