NER Class T2

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. One-hundred-and-twenty 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.[1]

NER class T2
LNER class Q6
NER T2 (LNER Q6) in one of the roundhouses at Tyne Dock, South Shields
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerVincent Raven
Builder
Build date1913–1921
Total produced120
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-8-0
Gauge4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.4 ft 7 1⁄2 in (1.410 m)
Loco weight65.9 long tons (67.0 t; 73.8 short tons)
Tender weight44.1 long tons (44.8 t; 49.4 short tons)
Fuel typeCoal
Boiler pressure180 psi (1.2 MPa)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size20 in × 26 in (508 mm × 660 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort28,800 lbf (128 kN)
Career
OperatorsNER, LNER, BR
ClassNER: T2, LNER: Q6
Power classBR: 6F
Axle load classRoute availability 6
Withdrawn1963 - 1967
DispositionOne preserved, remainder scrapped

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63372 was withdrawn in 1960 after an accident.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.

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 It is owned by the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG) and was withdrawn from service in January 2017 to await boiler overhaul.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.[2]

  • LNER Q6 at Darlington Works after overhaul in March 1959
  • 63407 at West Hartlepool shed, June 1967
  • 63395 at Sunderland shed, June 1967
  • No. 63395 on the preserved Great Central Railway

References
  1. Webb, Brian (2010). Armstrong Whitworth: A Pioneer of World Diesel Traction. Lightmoor Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 9781899889457.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "LNER Q6 No. 63395". North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
  • Baxter, Bertram (1986). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 5A: North Eastern Railway, Hull and Barnsley Railway. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. ISBN 0-903485-54-0.
  • Boddy, M. G.; Brown, W. A.; Hennigan, W.; Hoole, Ken; Neve, E.; Yeadon, W. B. (September 1984). Fry, E. V. (ed.). Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., Part 6C: Tender Engines—Classes Q1 to Y10. Kenilworth: RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-55-X.
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