LD&ECR Class B

The LD&ECR Class B (LNER Class J60) was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotives of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway.

LD&ECR Class B
LNER Class J60
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerKitson & Co.
BuilderKitson & Co.
Serial number3654–3657
Build date1897
Total produced4
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-6-0T
 • UICC n2t
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.4 ft 6 in (1.372 m)
Wheelbase14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)
Length30 ft 6.75 in (9.315 m)
Loco weight46 long tons 16 cwt (104,800 lb or 47.6 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity2 long tons 0 cwt (4,500 lb or 2 t)
Water cap.1,100 imp gal (5,000 L; 1,300 US gal)
Boiler pressure160 psi (1.10 MPa)
Heating surface961 sq ft (89.3 m2)
CylindersTwo, inside
Cylinder size17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort17,468 lbf (77.70 kN)
Career
Operators
Class
  • LD&ECR: B
  • LNER: J60
Numbers
  • LD&ECR: 9-12
  • GCR: 1175–1178 (1153B–1156B from 1910)
  • LNER: 6411–6408 (8366–8369 from 1946)
Withdrawn1947–48
DispositionAll scrapped

Four examples were built in 1897.[1] Three were normally based at Langwith Junction, while the other was at Tuxford. In later years they moved to Wrexham, with one transferring to Gorton as the works shunter.[2]

Table of locomotives
LD&CR

number

 Kitson

serial

number

 GCR

1907

number

 GCR

1910

number

 LNER

1923

number

 LNER

1946

number

 Date

Withdrawn

9 3654 1175 1153B 6411 8366 Mar 1948
10 3655 1176 1154B 6410 8367 Sep 1947
11 3655 1177 1155B 6409 8368 Aug 1948
12 3656 1178 1156B 6408 8369 Feb 1947

References

Notes
  1. Dow 1965, p. 374.
  2. "The Kitson J60 (GCR Class B) 0-6-0T Locomotives". The London & North Eastern Railway Encyclopedia.

Sources
  • Baxter, Bertram (1988). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 5B: Great Northern Railway and Great Central Railway. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. pp. 169–170. ISBN 978-0-903485-86-9.
  • Dow, George (1965). Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900–1922. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0263-0. OCLC 500447049.


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