NER Class S3

NER Class S3 LNER Class B16
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	18+1⁄2 × 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.

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.

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

Sources

• Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 4, page 10

External links

• LNER encyclopedia
• Railuk database B16/1, B16/2 and B16/3

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