- LNER Class J50
Infobox Locomotive
powertype=Steam
name = LNER Class J50
caption = J50/3 68949 with a freight train.
designer =Nigel Gresley
builder =
builddate = 1922–1937
totalproduction = 128
whytetype =0-6-0 T
uicclass=C
gauge = RailGauge|ussg
driversize = convert|56|in|m|3|abbr=on
length =
weight = J50/1: convert|56.3|LT|t|1
J50/2: convert|57|LT|t|1
J50/3 & J0/4: convert|58.15|LT|t|1
fueltype = Coal
fuelc
waterc
cylindercount = Two, inside
cylindersize = 18½×26 in (470×660 mm)
firearea =
boilerpressure = convert|175|psi|MPa|2|abbr=on|lk=on
tractiveeffort = convert|23635|lbf|kN|2|abbr=on|lk=on
railroad=London and North Eastern Railway British Railways
railroadclass=LNER: J50 BR: 4F
numinclass=J50/1: 10
J50/2: 40
J50/3: 36
J50/4: 13
disposition=All scrapped TheLondon and North Eastern Railway Class J50 was a class of0-6-0 Tsteam locomotive . They had long side tanks that came to the front of the boiler, which sloped forwards to improve visibility and had a recess cut in to aid maintenance. No LNER J50s survive today.They were composed of four subclasses:
*J50/2 were introduced in 1922, being rebuilt from the smallerGNR J51 s built 1915–1922.
*J50/3 were introduced in 1926, being anLNER development.
*J50/1 were introduced in 1929, being rebuilt from the smaller GNR J51s built 1913–1914.
*J50.4 were introduced in 1937, being a development of the J30/3 with an enlarged coal bunkerExternal links
* http://www.lner.info/locos/J/j50j51.shtml
* [http://www.railuk.co.uk/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=J50/1 Railu database J50/1] , [http://www.railuk.co.uk/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=J50/2 J50/2] and [http://www.railuk.co.uk/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=J50/3 J50/3]
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