GNR Class J23
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Route Availability 6 | |
Locale | Eastern Region |
Withdrawn | 1958–1965 |
Disposition | All scrapped. |
The
History
For shunting and local goods work, the Great Northern Railway (GNR) had traditionally used saddle-tank engines of the 0-6-0 wheel arrangement; the last of these, of GNR Class J13, having been built in 1909 to the designs of Henry Ivatt, the GNR Locomotive Superintendent.[2][3]
Each of the two main classes exhibited variations: locomotive brakes could be operated by vacuum or steam pressure; the driving position could be on the right- or the left-hand side of the cab; and there were three sizes of coal bunker. These variations were recognised by class subdivisions:[8]
- J51/1 10 built 1913–14, 4 ft 2 in boiler, vacuum brake, right-hand drive, short bunker
- J51/2 20 built 1914–19, as J51/1 but long bunker
- J50/1 10 rebuilt 1929–35 from J51/1 with 4 ft 5 in boiler
- J50/2 20 built 1922–24, as J51/2 but 4 ft 5 in boiler, plus 20 rebuilt 1929–34 from J51/1 with 4 ft 5 in boiler
- J50/3 38 built 1926–30, 4 ft 5 in boiler, steam brake, left-hand drive, long bunker
- J50/4 14 built 1938–39, 4 ft 5 in boiler, vacuum brake, left-hand drive, long bunker with hopper
All were built at
Numbering
On the GNR, the numbers were 157–164, 166–176, 178, 211–230; these were increased by 3000 by the LNER.[13] The first ten engines built by the LNER were numbered 3231–40, following on from the GNR engines;[14] but those built from 1926 were given scattered numbers between 583 and 636, between 1037 and 1086, and 2789–94.[15]
In 1943, new numbers were allotted in a continuous block from 8890 to 8991; these numbers were applied between January and December 1946,[16] but before this could be done, the oldest ten, nos. 3157–64/6/7 were temporarily renumbered 3180–9 in May and June 1945. They duly received their permanent numbers 8890–9 between June and December 1946.[17] Under British Railways, the 1946 numbers were increased by 60000.[18]
Notes
- ^ "The Gresley J50 & J51 (GNR J23) 0-6-0T Locomotives". LNER. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ Groves 1987, pp. 260–2.
- ^ Allen et al. 1970, pp. 25–26.
- ^ Groves 1992, p. 3.
- ^ a b c d Groves 1992, p. 65.
- ^ Groves 1990, pp. 75–76.
- ^ Groves 1992, p. 70.
- ^ a b Allen et al. 1970, p. 7.
- ^ Groves 1992, pp. 71, 72.
- ^ Allen et al. 1970, pp. 8, 11, 12.
- ^ Allen et al. 1970, p. 13.
- ^ "The Gresley J50 & J51 (GNR J23) 0-6-0T Locomotives". LNER Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Allen et al. 1970, pp. 7, 8, 11.
- ^ Allen et al. 1970, p. 11.
- ^ Allen et al. 1970, p. 12.
- ^ Allen et al. 1970, p. 8.
- ^ Allen et al. 1970, p. 19.
- ^ Allen et al. 1970, p. 16.
References
- Allen, D. W.; Boddy, M. G.; Brown, W. A.; Fry, E. V.; Hennigan, W.; Manners, F.; Neve, E.; Proud, P.; Roundthwaite, T. E.; Tee, D. F.; ISBN 0-901115-05-3.
- Groves, Norman (1987). Great Northern Locomotive History: Volume 2 1867-95 The Stirling Era. ISBN 0-901115-62-2.
- Groves, Norman (1990). Great Northern Locomotive History: Volume 3a 1896-1911 The Ivatt Era. Lincoln: ISBN 0-901115-69-X.
- Groves, Norman (1992). Great Northern Locomotive History: Volume 3b 1911-1922 The Gresley Era. Lincoln: ISBN 0-901115-70-3.
External links
- The Gresley J50 & J51 (GNR J23) 0-6-0T Locomotives
- Class J50/1 Details at Rail UK
- Class J50/2 Details at Rail UK
- Class J50/3 Details at Rail UK