NER Class T2

NER class T2
LNER class Q6
An NER Class T2 at Guisborough, 1955
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerVincent Raven
Builder
Build date1913–1921
Total produced120
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-8-0
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.4 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.410 m)
Loco weight65.9 long tons (67.0 t; 73.8 short tons)
Tender weight44.1 long tons (44.8 t; 49.4 short tons)
Fuel typeCoal
Boiler pressure180 psi (1.2 MPa)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size20 in × 26 in (508 mm × 660 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort28,800 lbf (128 kN)
Career
OperatorsNER, LNER, BR
ClassNER: T2, LNER: Q6
Power classBR: 6F
Axle load classRoute availability 6
Withdrawn1960 (1), 1963 - 1967
DispositionOne preserved, remainder scrapped

The North Eastern Railway Class T2, classified as Class Q6 by the LNER, is a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotive designed for heavy freight, especially for hauling long coal trains to various collieries in the North Eastern region of the UK, with a maximum speed of 40 miles per hour.[1] [2] 120 were built at Darlington Works and Armstrong Whitworth between 1913 and 1921 to the design of Vincent Raven, based on the NER Class T and T1 (LNER Q5). The batch of fifty built by Armstrong Whitworth from 1919 were A-W's first locomotives to be built, after the conversion of their Scotswood works from ordnance to peacetime production.[3]

Numbering

All passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and they were numbered 63340-63459.

Disposal

63372 was withdrawn in 1960 after an accident. General withdrawals were from 1963 to 1967. 63395 has survived into preservation.

Preservation

One, 2238 (LNER 1946 number 3395; BR 63395) has survived to preservation on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. It is owned by the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG), who purchased from Hughes Bolckow scrapyard in 1967, and was withdrawn from service in January 2017 to await boiler overhaul. This overhaul was completed in September 2018, with the locomotive being completed just in time to visit the Severn Valley Railway for their Autumn Steam Gala.[4][5][6][7]

In May 2023, 63395 suffered a cylinder failure while departing from Grosmont with a train, causing major damage.[citation needed]

  • LNER Q6 at Darlington Works after overhaul in March 1959
    LNER Q6 at Darlington Works after overhaul in March 1959
  • 63407 at West Hartlepool shed, June 1967
    63407 at West Hartlepool shed, June 1967
  • 63395 at Sunderland shed, June 1967
    63395 at Sunderland shed, June 1967
  • No. 63395 on the preserved Great Central Railway
    No. 63395 on the preserved Great Central Railway

Models

Hornby has made a 1:76 (OO gauge) model of the class.[8]

References

  1. ^ "The Raven Q6 (NER Class T2) 0-8-0 Locomotives". LNER Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. ^ Pearson, Richard (14 February 2009). "History of Q6 class Locomotive 63395". North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ Webb, Brian (2010). Armstrong Whitworth: A Pioneer of World Diesel Traction. Lightmoor Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 9781899889457.
  4. ^ "LNER Q6 No. 63395". North Yorkshire Moors Railway. 31 December 2019.
  5. ^ "63395 (NER 2238, LNER 3395 & BR 63395)". Preserved British Steam Locomotives. WordPress.com. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  6. ^ Duggan, Jamie (11 November 2018). "NER T2 / LNER Q6 Class steam locomotives – Sole Survivor". Rail Advent. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  7. ^ Hunt, John. "Ultimate Survivor How NELPG saved Q6 No. 63395". Press Reader. Steam Railway. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Hornby OO Gauge LNER Class Q6 0-8-0 - Product Info - Hattons Model Railways". www.hattons.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  • Baxter, Bertram (1986). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 5A: North Eastern Railway, Hull and Barnsley Railway. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. ISBN 0-903485-54-0.
  • Boddy, M. G.; Brown, W. A.; Hennigan, W.; Hoole, Ken; Neve, E.; Yeadon, W. B. (September 1984). Fry, E. V. (ed.). Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., Part 6C: Tender Engines—Classes Q1 to Y10. Kenilworth: RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-55-X.
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