- TITLE
- LMS 14422 'Ben a' Chaoruinn' in March 1936
- EXTERNAL ID
- PC_HRS_LOCOMOTIVES_008_420
- PLACENAME
- unidentified
- DATE OF IMAGE
- 15 March 1936
- PERIOD
- 1930s
- SOURCE
- Highland Railway Society
- ASSET ID
- 25878
- KEYWORDS
- railway locomotives
Highland Railway locomotives
In May 1908 the Highland Railway took delivery of four 4-4-0 locomotives from the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow. They were very similar in design to the 'Ben' class of a decade earlier but had larger boilers. This gave rise to their being referred to as the 'Big Bens' and their predecessors as 'Small Bens'. The first batch (numbered 61, 63, 66 and 68) had 6-wheeled tenders. A year later, two more engines (numbered 60 and 62) were ordered from the same builders. These had 8-wheeled tenders. All six survived into LMS ownership but all had been withdrawn long before nationalisation.
This photograph shows LMS 14422 'Ben a'Chaoruinn'(formerly HR 62) in March 1936. It was withdrawn from service in March 1937. Its name had previously been spelt 'Ben a' Chaoruinn' and 'Ben Achaoruinn'.