Locomotives of the Hull and Barnsley Railway. The Hull and Barnsley Railway never manufactured any of its own locomotives, all being built elsewhere. The first types in use were of the design W. Kirtley (Locomotive Superintendent of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway) who was acting as a consultant. Matthew Stirling (son of Patrick Stirling of 'Stirling Single' fame) was the first and only Locomotive Superintendent of the H&BR during its independence, and he undertook the rebuilding of some of Mr. Kirtley's designs, as well as contracting the construction of his own designs to various builders. His locomotives were typically domeless, and many of the original Kirtley engines were also rebuilt without domes.
Kirtley's locomotives were painted black with grey lining. Matthew Stirling subtly modified the livery – using invisible green (black except in bright sunlight) produced from a 50:50 mixture of 'drop black' and 'brunswick green'. Lining was of broad stripes of blue (ultramarine) with red (vermilion) edges. The 2-4-0 and 0-6-0 tender locomotives procured by Kitley carried a small cursive monogram of the letters "HB&WRJR", other locomotives carried the initials "H&BR".
| Locomotives of the Hull and Barnsley Railway | ||||||||
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| Year built | Class | Original numbers | Type | Designer | Builder | Notes | LNER Class | |
| 1884–5 | A (later G1) | 1 to 12 | 0-6-0 tank | W. Kirtley | Beyer Peacock and Co. Ltd. | For shunting – Wheelbase too long for Alexandra Dock | ||
| 1885 | B (later D), E[1] | 13 to 32 | 0-6-0 tender | For freight use, rebuilt 1897 | ||||
| 1885 | C (later H, H1) | 33–42 | 2-4-0 tender | For passenger use, same tender as above, 5 rebuilt 1899–1900, 5 remainder rebuilt 1901–1903 to different specifications | ||||
| 1886 | 43–48 | 0-4-0 tank | Kitson and Co. (Leeds) | Acquired for shunting in Alexandra Dock to replace G1 | ||||
| 1889 | B | 49–56 | 0-6-0 tender | M. Stirling | Kitson and Co. | For goods use Later builds had larger boilers and increased boiler pressure, earlier engines rebuilt to the later standard. | J23 | |
| 1892 | 57–62 | |||||||
| 1892 | 63–66 | Vulcan Foundry | ||||||
| 1897–8 | 70–78 | Yorkshire Engine Company | ||||||
| 1898 | 79–84 | Kitson and Co. | ||||||
| 1900 | 85–90 | |||||||
| 1900 | 91–96 | Yorkshire Engine Company | ||||||
| 1908 | 132–141 | Kitson and Co. | ||||||
| 1892 | G2 | 67–69 | 0-6-0 tank | M. Stirling | Robert Stephenson & Co. | Similar to B class tender engines but with slightly smaller boiler, and lower coal and water capacity | J80 | |
| 1900 | F1 | 97–101 | 0-6-2 tank | Kitson and Co. | Built for the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway | N11 | ||
| 1901 | F2 | 102–110 | 0-6-2 tank | M. Stirling | Kitson and Co. | N12 | ||
| 1901 | G3 | 111–116 | 0-6-0 tank | M. Stirling | Yorkshire Engine Company | rowpsan=2 | Similar to class F2 | J75 |
| 1908 | 142–151 | Kitson and Co. | ||||||
| 1907 | A | 117–131 | 0-8-0 tender | M. Stirling | Yorkshire Engine Co. | For heavy goods | Q10 | |
| 1910 | J | 33, 35, 38, 41, 42 | 4-4-0 tender | M. Stirling | Kitson and Co. | For Sheffield to Hull trains via the Midland Railway | D24 | |
| 1913 | F3 | 152–156, 13, 15, 18, 23, 27 | 0-6-2 tank | M. Stirling | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. | N13 | ||
| 1911 | L1 | 16, 17, 19, 24, 31 | 0-6-0 | M. Stirling | Kitson and Co. | goods engines Class LS (and some L1) used superheated steam, the only type of H&BR locomotive using superheating | J28 | |
| 1912 | 14, 25, 29, 30, 32 | |||||||
| 1915 | L | 157–161 | Yorkshire Engine Company | |||||
| 1915 | LS | 20-22, 26, 28 | Kitson and Co. | |||||
| Numbering of H&BR locomotives was sequential, once a locomotive was rebuilt it was added to the supplementary list and the suffix "A" added, the original number being reused for new locomotives. (Sources:) | ||||||||
A total of 186 engines were operated by the Hull and Barnsley Railway. On merging into the North Eastern Railway, the locomotives were briefly renumbered by adding 3000 to the original number. Following the incorporation into the London and North Eastern Railway, the surviving locomotives were assigned numbers between 2405 and 2542, in no specific order. Most except the H&BR Class F3 (LNER Class N13) were withdrawn between 1930 and 1940, the B Class beginning withdrawal earlier in 1925. The last F3 was withdrawn in 1956.