LNER Class K5

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LNER Class K5
Power type Steam
Designer Edward Thompson
Build date (rebuilt) 1945
Configuration 2-6-0
Gauge standard gauge
Driver size 5' 8"
Locomotive weight 71 tons 5 cwt
Fuel type coal
Boiler pressure 225 psi
Cylinders two outside
Cylinder size 20" x 26"
Tractive effort 29,250 lbf

The London and North Eastern Railway Class K5 consisted of a single rebuild of LNER Class K3 2-6-0 No. 206 (later No. 61863), rebuilt in 1945 by Edward Thompson. The rebuilt locomotive had a new boiler and two, instead of three, cylinders.

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  • Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 4, page 17

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