The Highland Railway K class were the only class of 0-6-0 tender locomotives built for the

Highland Railway The Highland Railway (HR) was one of the smaller British railways before the Railways Act 1921, operating north of Perth railway station in Scotland and serving the farthest north of Britain. Based in Inverness, the company was formed by merger ...

. They were introduced in 1900, to the design of Peter Drummond. The class were known as 'Barneys'.

Design

They were fairly standard for British practice of the time, inside cylinders with diameter driving wheels and a general Drummond family appearance.

Construction

The first six (nos. 134 to 139) were built by

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in 1900. These had inside bearing double bogie tenders, rather like the watercart designs brother Dugald was supplying on the

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. 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.

Transfer to LMS

All passed into

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(LMS) ownership in 1923. The first was withdrawn in 1936.

Transfer to BR

Seven survived into British Railways (BR) ownership in 1948. The last was withdrawn in 1952.

Numbering

References

* * *Longworth, Hugh (2005) ''British Railways Steam Locomotives 1948-1968'' *Vallance, H. A. (1938) ''The Highland Railway'' {{Highland Railway locomotives K 0-6-0 locomotives Dübs locomotives NBL locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1900 Scrapped locomotives Freight locomotives Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain