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NER Class S3
LNER Class B16Power 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
diameter3 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) totalAxle 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 weightB16/1, 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:
Tubes866 sq ft (80.5 m2) Heating surface:
Flues534 sq ft (49.6 m2) Heating surface:
Firebox166 sq ft (15.4 m2) Heating surface:
Total1,958 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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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
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