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The Caledonian Railway 498 Class was a class of s built for dock shunting. They were designed by John F. McIntosh for the
Caledonian Railway The Caledonian Railway (CR) was one of the two biggest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping. It was formed in 1845 with the objective of forming a link between English railways and Glasgow. It progressively ex ...
(CR) and introduced in 1911. Twenty-three were built. They passed to the
London, Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with London and North Eastern Railway, LNER, Great Western Railway, GWR and Southern Railway (UK), SR. The London, Midland an ...
(LMS) in 1923 and to
British Railways British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. Originally a trading brand of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commis ...
(BR) in 1948. Their numbers are shown in the table below. The 498 Class was the prototype for the popular 3 1/2" gauge
live steam Live steam is steam under pressure, obtained by heating water in a boiler. The steam may be used to operate stationary or moving equipment. A live steam machine or device is one powered by steam, but the term is usually reserved for those th ...
locomotive design 'Rob Roy' by
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Numbering table

The engines were withdrawn between 1958 and 1962. Casserley, H.C. and Johnston, S.W., ''Locomotives at the Grouping, No.3, London Midland and Scottish'', Ian Allan, 1966, p. 166


See also

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Locomotives of the Caledonian Railway A locomotive is a rail transport, rail vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. Traditionally, locomotives pulled trains from the front. However, Push–pull train, push–pull operation has become common, and in the pursuit for ...
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Locomotives of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway had the largest stock of steam locomotives of any of the 'Big Four' Grouping, i.e. pre-Nationalisation railway companies in the UK. Despite early troubles arising from factions within the new company, the L ...


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Railuk database
498 __NOTOC__ Year 498 ( CDXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Paulinus and Scytha (or, less frequently, year 1251 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denominatio ...
0-6-0T locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1911 Standard-gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain Shunting locomotives Scrapped locomotives C n2t locomotives {{Scotland-steam-loco-stub