NER Class T2 explained

Powertype:Steam
NER class T2
LNER class Q6
Designer:Vincent Raven
Builddate:1913–1921
Totalproduction:120
Whytetype:0-8-0
Driverdiameter:4feet
Locoweight:65.9LT
Tenderweight:44.1LT
Fueltype:Coal
Cylindercount:Two, outside
Cylindersize:20x
Boilerpressure:180psi
Tractiveeffort:28800lbf
Operatorclass:NER: T2, LNER: Q6
Operator:NER, LNER, BR
Powerclass:BR: 6F
Axleloadclass:Route availability 6
Withdrawndate:1960 (1), 1963 - 1967
Disposition:One preserved, remainder scrapped

The North Eastern Railway Class T2, classified as Class Q6 by the LNER, is a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotive designed for heavy freight, especially for hauling long coal trains to various collieries in the North Eastern region of the UK, with a maximum speed of 40 miles per hour.[1] [2] 120 were built at Darlington Works and Armstrong Whitworth between 1913 and 1921 to the design of Vincent Raven, based on the NER Class T and T1 (LNER Q5). The batch of fifty built by Armstrong Whitworth from 1919 were A-W's first locomotives to be built, after the conversion of their Scotswood works from ordnance to peacetime production.[3]

Numbering

All passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and they were numbered 63340-63459.

Disposal

63372 was withdrawn in 1960 after an accident. General withdrawals were from 1963 to 1967. 63395 has survived into preservation.

Preservation

One, 2238 (LNER 1946 number 3395; BR 63395) has survived to preservation on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. It is owned by the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG), who purchased from Hughes Bolckow scrapyard in 1967, and was withdrawn from service in January 2017 to await boiler overhaul. This overhaul was completed in September 2018, with the locomotive being completed just in time to visit the Severn Valley Railway for their Autumn Steam Gala.[4] [5] [6] [7]

In May 2023, 63395 suffered a cylinder failure while departing from Grosmont with a train, causing major damage.

Models

Hornby has made a 1:76 (OO gauge) model of the class.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Raven Q6 (NER Class T2) 0-8-0 Locomotives . LNER Encyclopedia . 20 September 2020.
  2. News: Pearson . Richard . History of Q6 class Locomotive 63395 . 19 September 2020 . North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group . 14 February 2009.
  3. Book: Webb , Brian . Armstrong Whitworth: A Pioneer of World Diesel Traction . Brian Webb (railway historian) . 2010 . Lightmoor Publishing . 9781899889457 . 9.
  4. Web site: LNER Q6 No. 63395. North Yorkshire Moors Railway. 31 December 2019.
  5. Web site: 63395 (NER 2238, LNER 3395 & BR 63395) . Preserved British Steam Locomotives . 9 July 2017 . WordPress.com . 4 November 2020.
  6. Web site: Duggan . Jamie . NER T2 / LNER Q6 Class steam locomotives – Sole Survivor . Rail Advent . 11 November 2018 . 11 November 2018.
  7. Web site: Hunt . John . Ultimate Survivor How NELPG saved Q6 No. 63395 . Press Reader . Steam Railway . 29 March 2019.
  8. Web site: Hornby OO Gauge LNER Class Q6 0-8-0 - Product Info - Hattons Model Railways . www.hattons.co.uk . 14 December 2023 .