NSR G class explained

Powertype:Steam
NSR G Class
Designer:John Henry Adams
Builder:NSR Stoke works
Builddate:1910
Totalproduction:4
Whytetype:4-4-0
Uicclass:2B
Leadingdiameter:3feet
Driverdiameter:6feet
Length:30feet
Wheelbase:23feet
Width:8feet
Height:11feet
Locoweight: full
Fueltype:Coal
Watercap:3200impgal
Cylindercount:Two, inside
Cylindersize:NaNx
Firearea:21square feet
Fireboxarea:133square feet
Tubesandflues:1092square feet
Boilerpressure:175psi
Operatorclass:NSR: G Class
Numinclass:4
Operator:North Staffordshire Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Powerclass:3P
Retiredate:December 1928 – May 1933
Disposition:All scrapped

The North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) G Class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by John H. Adams, third son of William Adams. The G Class was the first 4-4-0 class of locomotive designed for the NSR, and they superseded older 2-4-0s on the heaviest passenger traffic expresses on the railway between Crewe and Llandudno non-stop. The NSR introduced bogie stock to this route in 1906, resulting in much heavier trains.[1]

In LMS days the class received the usual substitution of Ramsbottom safety valves for Ross-pop, and also the addition of an extra small spectacle plate on each side of the cab front.[1]

The livery of the G Class was the NSR's Madder Lake with straw lining, and NORTH STAFFORD lettering on the tender along with the company crest. The number appeared on the cabside. In LMS days they received the standard Crimson lake passenger livery with large numerals on the tender and the company crest on the cabside. They were renumbered twice in LMS ownership; once, upon grouping, and again in 1928 to make way for the LMS 2P 4-4-0s being built at the time. As a result, they were renumbered in the series following on from the LNWR George the Fifth Class.[1]

List of Locomotives

NSR numberBuiltFirst LMS numberSecond LMS numberWithdrawnNotes
86June 19105955410April 1929Received the post 1927 insignia but retained the crimson lake livery until withdrawal.
170June 19105975412December 1928
171July 19105985413May 1933Last NSR tender engine in service.
87July 19105965411June 1929

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hopkins, Ken . North Staffordshire Locomotives:An Illustrated History . 1986 . Trent Valley Publications . . 0-948131-14-4 . 63.