NER Class R explained

Powertype:Steam
NER Class R
LNER Class D20
Designer:Wilson Worsdell
Boiler:4inchesft9inchesin (ftin) diameter
Builder:NER Gateshead
Builddate:1899-1907
Totalproduction:60
Whytetype:4-4-0
Leadingdiameter:4feet
Driverdiameter:6feet
Wheelbase:23inchesft9inchesin (ftin) engine
12inchesft8inchesin (ftin) tender
45inchesftNaNinchesin (ftin) total
Locoweight:D20/1: 54.1LT
D20/2: 55.45LT
Tenderweight:41.2LT
Locotenderweight:D20/1: 95.3LT
D20/1: 96.65LT
Axleload:19.8LT
Cylindercount:two inside
Cylindersize:19x
Boilerpressure:200psi
later reduced to 160psi
Totalsurface:1318.7square feet
Firearea:20square feet
Fireboxarea:139square feet
Tubearea:638.7square feet
Fluearea:292square feet
Superheaterarea:204square feet
Tractiveeffort:17025lbf
later reduced to 15567lbf
Valvegear:Stephenson
Operator:North Eastern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Railways
Powerclass:BR: 2P
Retiredate:1943-1957
Disposition:All scrapped

The NER Class R (later, LNER Class D20) was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive, designed by Wilson Worsdell for the North Eastern Railway. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923. In 1936, some were rebuilt with long-travel piston valves and classified D20/2. The unrebuilt locomotives were re-classified D20/1.

Numbering

Forty-six D20/1 and three D20/2 locomotives passed to British Railways in 1948 and they were numbered 62340-62397 (with gaps).

Preservation

The last D20 was withdrawn in 1957 and none were preserved.

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