NER Class S3
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 B16/3 No. 61418. |
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| Power type | Steam |
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| Designer | Raven |
| Build date | 1920 |
| Configuration | 4-6-0 |
| Gauge | 4' 8½" |
| Driver size | 5' 8" |
| Locomotive weight | B16/1, 77 tons 14 cwt B16/2, 79 tons 4 cwt B16/3, 78 tons 19 cwt tender: 46 tons 12 cwt |
| Fuel type | coal |
| Boiler pressure | 180 psi |
| Cylinders | three |
| Cylinder size | 18½" x 26" |
| Tractive effort | 30,030 lbf |
The North Eastern Railway Class S3, classified B16 by the LNER, was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for mixed traffic work. It was designed by Vincent Raven and introduced in 1920.
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[edit] Post-NER
The locomotives passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923 and some of them were rebuilt as shown below. Sixty-nine passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and they were numbered 61400-61468. The last B16 was scrapped in 1964 and none has been preserved.
[edit] Sub-classes
- B16/1 Introduced 1920, NER design by Vincent Raven with inside Stephenson valve gear
- B16/2 Introduced 1937, LNER rebuild of B16/1 by Nigel Gresley with Gresley conjugated valve gear
- B16/3 Introduced 1944, LNER rebuild of B16/1 by Edward Thompson with three sets of Walschaerts valve gear
[edit] Sources
- Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 4, page 10
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