NER Class T3
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Power type | Steam |
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Configuration | 0-8-0 |
Career | NER, LNER, BR |
Class | T3, LNER class Q7 |
Disposition | most scrapped, one preserved |
North Eastern Railway Class T3, classified Q7 by the LNER is a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotive designed for heavy freight. Five were built by the NER in 1919 and a further 10 by the LNER in 1924.
All 15 passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and they were numbered 63460-63474.
[edit] Preservation
One, NER 901 (BR 63460) has survived and is on display at Shildon Locomotion Museum.
[edit] Dimensions
- BR Power classification, 8F
- Locomotive weight, 71 tons 12 cwt
- Tender weight, 44 tons 2 cwt
- Boiler pressure, 180 psi
- Superheater, Yes
- Cylinders, (3) 18½"x26"
- Driving wheel diameter, 4' 7¼"
- Tractive effort, 36,965 lb
- Valve gear, Stephenson (piston valves)
For terminology, see Steam locomotive components
[edit] External links
Pre-grouping railway designs | |
Great Central: | A5 - B18 - D11 - J11 - O4 |
Great Eastern: | J65 - J16 - J17 - Y5 - J17 - N7 - ?? - J69 - B12 - J66 - D13 - E4 - J15 - J70 |
Great North of Scotland: | D40 |
Great Northern: | C1 - C2 - J6 - J52 - K3 - N2 |
North British: | D34 - J36 - Y9 |
North Eastern: | B16 - E5 - D17 - J21 - J27 - J72 - Q6 - Q7 - X1 - Y7 |
LNER designs | |
Gresley: | A1 - A3 - A4 - A8 - B17 -D49 - J38 - J39 - J50 - K4 - P1 - P2 - U1 - V1 - V2 - V3 - V4 - W1 |
Thompson: | A1 - A2 - B1 - B2 - K1 - K5 - L1 - O1 - Q1 |
Peppercorn: | A1 - A2 - A6- A7 A9 - K1 |
Raven: | A2 - H1 |
Locomotives of: | BR (steam) • GWR • LMS • Southern |