NER Class T2

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NER class T2
Power type Steam
Designer Vincent Raven
Builder North Eastern Railway
Build date 1913-1921
Total production 120
Configuration 0-8-0
Gauge 4' 8½"
Driver size 4' 7½"
Locomotive weight Engine: 65 tons 18 cwt
Tender: 44 tons 2 cwt
Fuel type coal
Boiler pressure 180 psi
Cylinders 2
Cylinder size 20" x 26"
Tractive effort 28,800 lbf
Career NER, LNER, BR
Class T2, LNER class Q6
Disposition most scrapped, one preserved

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. 120 were built between 1913 and 1921 to the design of Vincent Raven, based on the NER Classes T and T1 (LNER Q5).

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

63372 was withdrawn in 1960 after an accident. General withdrawals were from 1963 to 1967.

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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) and has just re-entered service after a major overhall (Autumn 2007).

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