BR standard class 3 2-6-0

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BR standard class 3 2-6-0

Power type	Steam
Designer	Robert Riddles
Builder	British Railways
Build date	1954
Total production	20
Configuration	2-6-0
Gauge	4' 8½"
Driver size	5' 3"
Locomotive weight	57 tons 9 cwt
Fuel type	coal
Boiler pressure	200 psi
Cylinders	two outside
Cylinder size	17½" x 26"
Tractive effort	21,490 lbf
Class	3MT

The British Railways Standard Class 3 2-6-0 was a class of steam locomotive. Only 20 were built, numbers 77000-19, all at Swindon Works. They were mainly restricted to the North Eastern and Scottish Regions, of British Railways though 77014 was transferred to the Southern Region late in its life. The boiler, based on the Swindon No.2 boiler, was shared with the standard class 3 2-6-2Ts. Due to their small number, the class were the antithesis of standard engines and it would probably have been better to build more 2-6-0s to the standard class 4 and standard class 2 designs instead. None has survived to preservation.

[edit] Sources

• Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, winter 1962/3 edition, page 175

[edit] External links

• Railuk database
• BR Standard Class 3MT 2-6-0 (SEMG article)

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