| NER Class S3 LNER Class B16 |
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| Power type | Steam |
| Designer | Vicent Raven |
| Builder | NER Darlington |
| Build date | 1919-1924 |
| Total produced | 70 |
| Configuration | 4-6-0 |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Leading wheel diameter |
3 ft 1 in (0.94 m) |
| Driver diameter | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Wheelbase | 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m) engine 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) tender 52 ft 5.8 in (15.997 m) total |
| Axle load | 20 long tons (20 t) |
| Locomotive weight | B16/1, 77.7 long tons (78.9 t) B16/2, 79.2 long tons (80.5 t) B16/3, 78.95 long tons (80.22 t) |
| Tender weight | 46.6 long tons (47.3 t) |
| Locomotive & tender combined weight |
B16/1, 124.3 long tons (126.3 t) B16/2, 125.8 long tons (127.8 t) B16/3, 125.55 long tons (127.56 t) |
| Fuel type | coal |
| Boiler | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) diameter |
| Boiler pressure | 180 psi (1.2 MPa) |
| Firegrate area | 27 sq ft (2.5 m2) |
| Heating surface: Tubes |
866 sq ft (80.5 m2) |
| Heating surface: Flues |
534 sq ft (49.6 m2) |
| Heating surface: Firebox |
166 sq ft (15.4 m2) |
| Heating surface: Total |
1,958 sq ft (181.9 m2) |
| Superheater area | 392 sq ft (36.4 m2) |
| Cylinders | three |
| Cylinder size | 181⁄2 × 26 in (470 × 660 mm) |
| Valve gear | Stephenson |
| Tractive effort | 30,312 lbf (134.83 kN) |
| Career | North Eastern Railway, London & North Eastern Railway, British Railways |
| Retired | 1958-1964 |
| Disposition | All scrapped |
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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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.
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