NBR J class

The NBR J Class (LNER Classes D29 & D30), commonly known as the Scott class, were a class of 4-4-0 steam tender locomotives designed by William P. Reid for the North British Railway. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping in 1923. Forty-three were built, of which thirty-five (ten D29s and twenty-five D30s) survived into British Railways ownership in 1948.

NBR J Class
LNER Classes D29 & D30
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerWilliam P. Reid
BuilderNorth British Locomotive Company
and
NBR Cowlairs Works
Build date1909-1920
Total produced43 locomotives
(16 type D29
& 27 type D30)
Specifications
Configuration:
  Whyte4-4-0
Gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.3 ft 6 in (1.07 m)
Driver dia.6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Length46 ft 8.5 in (14.24 m)
Axle load18.4 long tons (18.7 t)
Loco weight54.8 long tons (55.7 t) D29,

57.3 long tons (58.2 t) D30/1,

57.8 long tons (58.7 t) D30/2
Tender weight46.0 long tons (46.7 t)
Fuel typecoal
Firebox:
  Firegrate area
21.13 square feet (1.963 m2)
Boiler5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) diameter
Boiler pressure190 psi (1.3 MPa) D29,
165 psi (1.14 MPa) D30
Heating surface:
  Tubes
1,478.3 square feet (137.34 m2) D29,
871.3 square feet (80.95 m2) D30/1
677.0 square feet (62.90 m2) D30/2
  Firebox139.7 square feet (12.98 m2)
Cylinders2
Cylinder size19 in × 26 in (480 mm × 660 mm) D29, 20 in × 26 in (510 mm × 660 mm) D30
Valve gearStephenson
Performance figures
Tractive effort19,434 lbf (86.45 kN) D29
18,700 lbf (83 kN) D30
Career
OperatorsNBR, LNER, BR
ClassNBR J; LNER D29 and D30
Power classBR: 3P
Numbers243-245, 338-340, 359-363, 400, 409-428, 497-501, 895-899, 990
NicknamesScott class
Retired1960
DispositionAll engines scrapped

Overview

The Original J Class locomotives were based on the NBR K Class mixed traffic 4-4-0s. The J Class had 6' 6" driving wheels for express passenger work and a large tender which carried sufficient water to allow passenger trains to run non-stop between Edinburgh and Carlisle. These locomotives were named after characters in the novels of Sir Walter Scott and naturally became known as "Scotts". Some of the names were later re-used on LNER Peppercorn Class A1 locomotives.

Builders

Six locomotives were built in 1909 by the North British Locomotive Company and a further ten were built in 1911 by the North British Railway at its Cowlairs railway works, followed by two further identical locomotives with superheaters.[1] The NBR always referred to these locomotives as J Class, but the LNER classified the initial 16 locomotives D29, and the two superheated locomotives as D30.[2] A further 25 superheated locomotives were built between 1914 and 1920 and the LNER classified these as D30/2.[3]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 3 January 1917, locomotive No. 421 Jingling Geordie overran signals and was in a head-on collision with an express passenger train at Ratho, Lothian. Twelve people were killed and 44 were seriously injured. Irregular operating procedures were a major contributory factor in the accident. These were subsequently stopped.[4]
  • On 10 December 1937, No. 9896 Dandie Dinmont was hauling a Dundee to Glasgow Queen Street express train whine it was involved in an accident at Castlecary, North Lanarkshire. The train was running late in whiteout conditions, when another express train, hauled by LNER Class A1 4-6-2 No. 2744 Grand Parade, plowed into the back the first express. 35 people were killed and another 179 people were injured. [5][6][7][8]

Numbers and names

British Railways numbers[9] were:

  • D29, 62401-62413 (with gaps)
  • D30, 62417-62442 (62433 missing)
BuiltClassNBR no.NameLNER 1st no.LNER 2nd no.BR no.Withdrawn
1909D29895Rob Roy98952400(62400)1948
1909D29896Dandie Dinmont98962401(62401)1949
1909D29897Redgauntlet98972402(62402)1949
1909D29898Sir Walter Scott98982403(62403)1948
1909D29899Jeanie Deans98992404(62404)1949
1909D29900The Fair Maid99002405624051951
1911D29243Meg Merrilies92432406(62406)1949
1911D29244Madge Wildfire924424071947
1911D29245Bailie Nicol Jarvie924524081947
1911D29338Helen MacGregor93382409(62409)1948
1911D29339Ivanhoe93392410624101952
1911D29340Lady of Avenel93402411624111952
1911D29359Dirk Hatteraick93592412624121950
1911D29360Guy Mannering93602413624131950
1911D29361Vich Ian Vohr9361(2414)1946
1911D29362Ravenswood936224151947
1912D30/1400The Dougal Cratur9400(2416)1945
1912D30/1363Hal o' the Wynd93632417624171951
1914D30/2409The Pirate94092418624181959
1914D30/2410Meg Dods94102419624191957
1914D30/2411Dominie Sampson94112420624201957
1914D30/2412Laird o' Monkbarns94122421624211960
1914D30/2413Caleb Balderstone94132422624221958
1914D30/2414Dugald Dalgetty94142423624231957
1914D30/2415Claverhouse94152424624241957
1914D30/2416Ellangowan94162425624251958
1914D30/2417Cuddie Headrigg94172426624261960
1914D30/2418Dumbiedykes94182427624271959
1914D30/2419The Talisman94192428624281958
1914D30/2420The Abbot94202429624291957
1914D30/2421Jingling Geordie94212430624301957
1914D30/2422Kenilworth94222431624311958
1914D30/2423Quentin Durward94232432624321958
1915D30/2424Lady Rowena942424331947
1915D30/2425Kettledrummle94252434624341958
1915D30/2426Norna94262435624351957
1915D30/2427Lord Glenvarloch94272436624361959
1915D30/2428Adam Woodcock94282437624371958
1920D30/2497Peter Poundtext94972438624381957
1920D30/2498Father Ambrose94982439624391959
1920D30/2499Wandering Willie94992440624401958
1920D30/2500Black Duncan95002441624411958
1920D30/2501Simon Glover95012442624421958

NBR no. 898 was named after Sir Walter Scott the author of the Waverley Novels, and the others were given the names either of those novels, or of characters and places in them. The LNER increased the NBR numbers by 9000, and these were applied between 1924 and 1926. New LNER numbers were allotted in 1943 in the order of construction, but the locos were not renumbered until 1946, by which time two had been withdrawn. British Railways increased the LNER 1946 numbers by 60000 between 1948 and 1950, but some were withdrawn before this could be carried out. Numbers in parentheses were allocated but not carried.[10]

References

  1. Marsden, Richard. "The Reid D29 'Scott' (NBR Class J) 4-4-0 Locomotives". The LNER Encyclopedia. Winwaed Software Technology LLC. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
  2. Marsden, Richard. "The Reid D30 'Superheated Scott' (NBR Class J) 4-4-0 Locomotives". The LNER Encyclopedia. Winwaed Software Technology LLC. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
  3. "LNER Encyclopedia: The LNER Reid D30 'Superheated Scott' (NBR Class J) 4-4-0 Locomotives".
  4. Earnshaw, Alan (1991). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 7. Penryn: Atlantic Books. pp. 18–19. ISBN 0-906899-50-8.
  5. "Memorial marks 80 years since Castlecary train disaster". BBC. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  6. "Village remembers its blackest day after more than 70 years". The Herald. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  7. "Report on the collision between two passenger trains which occurred on 10th December, 1937, at Castlecary on the London and North Eastern Railway" (PDF). 24 April 1938. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  8. "Castlecary disaster death-toll of 35". The Herald. 14 February 2005. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  9. Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 4, pp 19-20
  10. Boddy, M.G.; Brown, W.A.; Fry, E.V.; Hennigan, W.; Manners, F.; Neve, E.; Tee, D.F.; Yeadon, W.B. (April 1968). Fry, E.V. (ed.). Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., part 4: Tender Engines - Classes D25 to E7. Kenilworth: RCTS. pp. 18, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27–28. ISBN 0-901115-01-0.
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