NER Class C1

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The North Eastern Railway (NER) Class C1, classified J21 by the London and North Eastern Railway, is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive. They were designed by T.W. Worsdell.

Originally 30 were built, but later 171 Class C Compound locomotives were converted to simple operation.

Seventy-seven passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and they were numbered 65025-65123 (with gaps).

[edit] Preservation

(L)NER 876 at Beamish, 2001

One, LNER 876 (BR 65033), has survived to preservation and is the subject of a bid to restore it to working order. The Locomotive was preserved in 1972 for Beamish Museum. It was used at Beamish from 1975, pulling the restored NER Coach and the restored NER wagons between the Colliery Sidings and Station, until 1984 when it was declared unfit to run due to the Boiler certificate running out it last ran in december 1983. It then languished in the station yard, with No 14 (Hawthorn Leslie) or the Diesel shunter moving it to keep the motion from seizing up on occasion. It was on static display until 2004/2005 when it was removed to the North Norfolk Railway for restoration to steam in 2007. Hopefully in the next ten to fifteen years she will come back to Beamish.

[edit] Rebuilding

The rebuilding history of the class is very complex. All the Class C compounds were rebuilt as Class C1 simples and all were then re-classified as Class C (NER) and later Class J21 (LNER).

Some locos were further rebuilt with superheaters, 19" bore cylinders, piston valves and Stephenson valve gear. Strangely, the superheaters were later removed from some of these locomotives.

[edit] Dimensions

[edit] Class C compound (as built)

• Locomotive weight: Not known
• Boiler pressure, 160 psi
• Superheater, No
• Cylinders:
  • one high-pressure, 18"x24"
  • one low-pressure, 26"x24"
• Driving wheel diameter, 5' 1¼"
• Tractive effort, 16,952 lb
• Valve gear, Joy (slide valves)

[edit] Class C1 simple (as built)

• Locomotive weight: Not known
• Boiler pressure, 140 psi
• Superheater, No
• Cylinders, 18"x24"
• Driving wheel diameter, 5' 1¼"
• Tractive effort, 15,108 lb
• Valve gear, Joy (slide valves)

[edit] First rebuild

• Locomotive weight: 42 tons 1 cwt
• Boiler pressure, 160 psi
• Superheater, No
• Cylinders, 18"x24"
• Driving wheel diameter, 5' 1¼"
• Tractive effort, 17,265 lb
• Valve gear, Joy (slide valves)

[edit] Second rebuild

• Locomotive weight: 42 tons 9 cwt
• Boiler pressure, 160 psi
• Superheater, Some superheated
• Cylinders, 19"x24"
• Driving wheel diameter, 5' 1¼"
• Tractive effort, 19,237 lb
• Valve gear, Stephenson (piston valves)

[edit] External links

• http://www.lner.info/locos/J/j21.shtml