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{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox Locomotive
|name            = Highland Railway ''Bruce'' or E class
|powertype       = Steam
|image           = Image from page 546 of "The railroad and engineering journal" (1887).jpg
|caption         = 
|designer        = [[David Jones (railway)|David Jones]]
|builder         = [[Clyde Locomotive Company]]
|serialnumber   = 1–8
|builddate       = 1886
|totalproduction = 8
|gauge           = {{RailGauge|ussg|allk=on}}
|whytetype       = [[4-4-0]]
|uicclass        = 2′B n2
|leadingdiameter = {{convert|3|ft|9+1/2|in|m|3|abbr=on}}
|driverdiameter  = {{convert|6|ft|3|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
|locoweight      = {{convert|43|LT|t ST|abbr=on}}
|fuelcap         = 
|watercap        = {{convert|2250|impgal|abbr=on}}
|boiler          = {{convert|4|ft|2|in|m|2|abbr=on}} diameter, {{convert|9|ft|9+1/2|in|m|2|abbr=on}} between [[tubeplate]]s
|boilerpressure  = {{convert|160|lbf/in2|MPa|2|abbr=on|lk=on}}
|totalsurface    = {{convert|1140|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|cylindercount   = Two (outside)
|cylindersize    = {{convert|18|x|24|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
|valvegear       = [[Stephenson valve gear|Stephenson]]
|tractiveeffort  = {{convert|14100|lbf|kN|2|abbr=on}}
|operator        = [[Highland Railway]]<br/>[[London, Midland and Scottish Railway|London, Midland & Scottish]]
|operatorclass   = HR: ''Bruce''; E (from 1901)
|powerclass      = LMS: 1P
|nicknames       = ''Clyde Bogies''
}}

The '''Highland Railway E Class''' was a class of [[4-4-0]] [[steam locomotive]] designed by [[David Jones (railway)|David Jones]] for passenger service. They were also known as the 'Clyde Bogies' as they were built by the [[Clyde Locomotive Company]] in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]. They were the first locomotives built by that company.{{sfn|Cormack|Stevenson|1988|p=101}}

Built in 1886, they were a development of Jones' previous [[Highland Railway F Class|F Class]].{{sfn|Cormack|Stevenson|1988|p=101}} Originally known as the ''Bruce'' class,{{sfn|Baxter|1984|p=197}} they were assigned to Class E under [[Peter Drummond (engineer)|Drummond's]] locomotive classification scheme of 1901.{{sfn|Cormack|Stevenson|1988|pp=101,159}}

==Dimensions==
The boiler pressure was {{Convert|160|lbf/in2|kPa|-1|abbr=on}}, the cylinders were {{Convert|18|x|24|in|mm|0}}, and the driving wheel diameter was {{Convert|6|ft|3+1/2|in|mm|0}}.{{sfn|Cormack|Stevenson|1988|p=101}}

==Numbering==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
|+ Table of locomotives{{sfn|Cormack|Stevenson|1988|p=108}}{{sfn|Baxter|1984|p=193}}
! HR<br>Number !! Name !! Entered<br>service !! Withdrawn !! Notes
|-
| 76 || ''[[Robert the Bruce|Bruce]]'' || {{dts|1886|12}} || 1924 || align=left | Displayed at the [[International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art]], Edinburgh 1886. Renumbered 76A in 1917
|-
| 77 || ''[[Clan Fraser of Lovat|Lovat]]'' || {{dts|1886|05}} || 1923 || align=left | Withdrawn and reinstated in 1915. Renumbered 77A in 1917
|-
| 78 || ''[[Lochalsh]]'' || {{dts|1886|06}} || 1923 || align=left | Renumbered 78A in 1917
|-
| 79 || ''[[Atholl]]'' || {{dts|1886|06}} || 1923 || align=left | Renumbered 79A in 1917
|-
| 80 || ''[[Stafford]]'' || {{dts|1886|07}} || 1923 || align=left | Renumbered 80A in 1919
|-
| 81 || ''[[Clan Colville|Colville]]'' || {{dts|1886|07}} || 1924 || align=left | Renumbered 81A in 1919
|-
| 82 || ''[[Fife]]'' || {{dts|1886|09}} || 1930 || align=left | Renamed ''Durn'' in 1908; name removed 1917. Renumbered 82A in 1917, and 14278 by LMS
|-
| 83 || ''[[Hilton of Cadboll|Cadboll]]'' || {{dts|1886|10}} || 1923 || align=left | Renamed ''Monkland'' in 1902. Renumbered 83A in 1917
|}

==Transfer to LMS==
All were still in service at the end of 1922, but when the Highland Railway engines passed to the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]] (LMS) on 1 September 1923, five had been withdrawn. Numbers 76A and 81A were withdrawn in 1924, but only 82A survived long enough to carry its LMS number (14278) – it was withdrawn in April 1930.{{sfn|Cormack|Stevenson|1988|pp=104,106,108}} No 79A was withdrawn in 1923 and stored at Aviemore until being scrapped at Kilmarnock in 1925.{{sfn|Cormack|Stevenson|1988|p=108}}

==References==
*{{Baxter-BritishLocoCat4|page=193}}
*{{Casserley-LocoGrouping3|page=137}}
*{{cite book |last1=Cormack |first1=J.R.H. |last2=Stevenson |first2=J.L. |editor-last=Greenwood |editor-first=William |title=Highland Railway Locomotives Book 1: Early Days to the 'Lochs' |series=Locomotives of the LMS |year=1988 |publisher=[[Railway Correspondence and Travel Society|RCTS]] |location=Lincoln |isbn=0-901115-64-9 }}

==Notes==
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{{Highland Railway locomotives}}

[[Category:Highland Railway locomotives|E Class]]
[[Category:4-4-0 locomotives]]
[[Category:2′B n2 locomotives]]
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1886]]
[[Category:Scrapped locomotives]]
[[Category:Passenger locomotives]]
[[Category:Standard-gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain]]