LD&ECR Class C

LD&ECR class C
LNER Class G3
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer Kitson & Co.
Builder Kitson & Co.
Serial number 3658–61, 3867–68
Build date 1897–98
Total produced 4
Specifications
Configuration 0-4-4T
UIC class B2′ n2t
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia. 4 ft 6 in (1.372 m)
Trailing dia. 3 ft 0 in (0.914 m)
Length 30 ft 0.75 in (9.163 m)
Loco weight 50 long tons 0 cwt (112,000 lb or 50.8 t)
Fuel type Coal
Fuel capacity 2 long tons 0 cwt (4,500 lb or 2 t)
Water cap 1,300 imp gal (5,900 l; 1,600 US gal)
Boiler pressure 160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa)
Heating surface 961 sq ft (89.3 m2)
Cylinders Two, inside
Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort 14,292 lbf (63.57 kN)
Career
Operators
Class
  • LD&ECR: C
  • LNER: G3
Numbers
  • LD&ECR: 13–18
  • GCR: 1169, 1148B–1152B
  • (1169 → 1169B in 1917)
  • LNER: 6407–6402
Withdrawn 1931–1935
Disposition All scrapped

The LD&ECR class C (LNER Class G3) was a class of 0-4-4T steam locomotives of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway.

Six were built in 1897–98.[1] They were the LD&ECR's only true passenger locomotive. They normally ran between Chesterfield Market Place and Lincoln and occasionally to the Midland Railway station in Sheffield. In later years five moved to the Sheffield area, with one transferring to Ardsley

All were scapped between 1931 and 1935.[2]

References

Notes

  1. Dow 1965, p. 374.
  2. "The G3 (GCR Class C) 0-4-4T Locomotives". The London & North Eastern Railway Encyclopedia.

Sources

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