NBR C Class
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 Preserved 673 Maude in NBR livery. She represented Scotland at the Rainhill Trials 150th anniversay calvacade in May 1980, hauling a Caledonian Railway coach. |
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| Power type | Steam |
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| Designer | Matthew Holmes |
| Build date | 1888 |
| Configuration | 0-6-0 |
| Gauge | 4' 8½" |
| Driver size | 5' 0" |
| Locomotive weight | locomotive: 41 tons 19 cwt tender: 33 tons 9 cwt |
| Fuel type | coal |
| Boiler pressure | 165 psi |
| Cylinders | two inside |
| Cylinder size | 18¼" x 26" |
| Tractive effort | 19,690 lb |
| Class | 2F |
The NBR C Class (LNER Class J36) is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed by Matthew Holmes for freight work on the North British Railway. They were introduced in 1888 and had inside cylinders and Stephenson valve gear.
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[edit] Post-NBR
They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923 and were classified J36. Many of them passed into British Railways (BR) ownership in 1948 and they were numbered 65210-65346.
[edit] Preservation
One, 673 Maude (LNER number 9673; LNER 1946 number 5243; BR number 65243) has been preserved by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society at the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway.
[edit] Sources
Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1962 edition
[edit] External links
- Railuk database entry for J36
- Scottish Railway Preservation Society page on Maude
- Preserved locomotive database entry for Maude
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