NER Class R

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NER Class R
LNER Class D20
Power type Steam
Designer Wilson Worsdell
Build date 1899
Configuration 4-4-0
Gauge 4' 8½"
Driver size 6' 10"
Locomotive weight D20/1: 54 tons 2 cwt
D20/2: 55 tons 9 cwt
Fuel type coal
Boiler pressure 175 psi
Cylinders two inside
Cylinder size 19" x 26"
Tractive effort 17,025 lbf

The NER Class R (LNER Class D20) was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive, designed by Wilson Worsdell for the North Eastern Railway. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923. In 1936, some were rebuilt with long-travel piston valves and classified D20/2. The unrebuilt locomotives were re-classified D20/1.

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[edit] Numbering

Forty-six D20/1 and three D20/2 locomotives passed to British Railways in 1948 and they were numbered 62340-62397 (with gaps).

[edit] Preservation

The last D20 was withdrawn in 1957 and none was preserved.

[edit] Sources

  • Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 4, page 19

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