NBR B class explained

Powertype:Steam
NBR B Class
LNER Class J35
Designer:William Paton Reid
Builddate:1906-1913
Totalproduction:76
Whytetype:0-6-0
Driverdiameter:5feet
Fueltype:Coal
Boilerpressure:1802NaN2
Cylindercount:Two, inside
Cylindersize:17x
Valvegear:Stephenson
Tractiveeffort:220802NaN2
Operator:NBR » LNER » BR
Withdrawndate:1946-1962

The NBR B Class (LNER Class J35) is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed by William Paton Reid for freight work on the North British Railway. They were introduced in 1906 and had inside cylinders and Stephenson valve gear. The first eighteen locomotives had piston valves and the remainder had slide valves.

Classification

Seventy-six locomotives were built and these passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923. The LNER classified them as follows:[1]

The entire class was fitted with superheaters between 1923 and 1942 and re-classified from 1937 as follows:

Numbering

Seventy locomotives of classes J35/4 and J35/5 came into British Railways (BR) ownership at nationalisation in 1948 and were numbered as follows:[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Reid J35 (NBR Class B) 0-6-0 Locomotives . Lner.info . 2012-02-27.
  2. Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 4, p.29