Canonical locomotive pilot record
Caledonian 294 Class and No. 57362
A checked record identifies Caledonian 294 Class ‘Jumbo’ No. 57362 climbing away from Creetown with a Newton Stewart–Castle Douglas freight.
Established individual Port Road freight record
Stable identity
What this record identifies
Classification, design and individual identities are kept separate so later numbers or related engines do not create duplicates.
- Classification
- Caledonian Railway 294 Class · later LMS/BR 2F
- Route locomotive
- BR No. 57362
- Recorded duty
- Newton Stewart–Castle Douglas freight
- Illustrated individual
- BR No. 57266 · photographed elsewhere
Canonical record identifiers
srr:locomotive-classification:caledonian-294-classsrr:locomotive:57362srr:locomotive:57266
Dated railway relationship · Established
A Caledonian design at work in Galloway
The checked historical record places No. 57362 on the 1 in 80 climb out of Creetown with freight on 16 July 1956. The formation, tonnage and commodities remain unresolved; the displayed Glenfield photograph illustrates the class only.
Open the connected Port Road record →Sources and open questions
Evidence before certainty
Direct links support the published relationship. Remaining gaps stay alongside the record rather than being filled with typical or assumed details.
Still unresolved
- The exact historical Port Road image remains permission-controlled and is not reproduced.
- The wagon formation, tonnage and commodities are not established.
- No. 57266 is a same-class illustration, not the Port Road locomotive.
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