LD&ECR Class A

LD&ECR class A
LNER Class N6

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Kitson & Co.
Builder	Kitson & Co.
Serial number	3605–3612, 3903–3904, 3909–3911, 3919–3923
Build date	1895 (8) 1900 (10)
Total produced	18

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	0-6-2T
• UIC	C1 t
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	4 ft 9 in (1.448 m)
Trailing dia.	3 ft 9 in (1.143 m)
Loco weight	58 long tons 4 cwt (130,400 lb or 59.1 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	3 long tons 0 cwt (6,700 lb or 3 t)
Water cap.	1,825 imp gal (8,300 L; 2,192 US gal)
Firebox: • Firegrate area	20.5 sq ft (1.90 m²)
Boiler pressure	170 psi (1.17 MPa)
Heating surface	1,289 sq ft (119.8 m²)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Allan
Valve type	Balanced slide valves

Performance figures
Tractive effort	21,355 lbf (94.99 kN)

Career
Operators	Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway → Great Central Railway → London and North Eastern Railway
Class	LD&ECR: A LNER: N6
Numbers	LD&ECR: 1–8, 19–28 GCR: 1145B–1147B, 1154–1168 (1164–68 renumbered 40–43, 66) LNER: 6414–6412, 6154–6153, 5040–5043, 5066
Withdrawn	1933–1938
Disposition	All scrapped

The LD&ECR class A (LNER Class N6) was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotives of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway. An initial batch of eight was ordered and built in 1895. An order for 15 more was placed in 1899 but five of these were not delivered because the LD&ECR was unable to pay for them. The undelivered locomotives were re-sold by Kitson & Co. to the Hull and Barnsley Railway and became H&BR Class F1 (LNER Class N11).^[1] There are some detail differences between the LD&ECR class A and the H&BR Class F1 but these were the result of later modifications.

References

^ "The Kitson N6 (GCR Class A) 0-6-2T Locomotives". The London & North Eastern Railway Encyclopedia.

"LDECR/LNER "N6" Class 0-6-2T". BRDatabase. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016.
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. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-903485-86-9.

London and North Eastern Railway locomotives

Pre-grouping
railway designs

Great Central	A5 B1/B18 B2/B19 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 C4 C5 C13 C14 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D10 D11 D12 E2 E3 E8 F1 F2 G3 J8 J9 J10 J11 J12 J13 J58 J59 J60 J61 J62 J63 L1/L3 M1 N4 N5 N6 O4 O5 Q4 S1 X4 Y2
Great Eastern	B12 D13 D14 D15 D16 E4 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 G4 J14 J15 J16 J17 J18 J19 J20 J65 J66 J67 J68 J69 J70 N7 Y4 Y5 Y6 Z4/J92
Great North of Scotland	D38 D39 D40 D41 D42 D43 D44 D45 D46 D47 D48 G10 J90 J91 Z4 Z5
Great Northern	A1 C1 C2 C12 D1 D2 D3 D4 E1 G1 G2 J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J50 J51 J52 J53 J54 J55 J56 J57 K1 K2 K3 N1 N2 O1 O2 Q1 Q2 Q3 R1
North British	C10 C11 C15 C16 D25 D26 D27 D28 D29 D30 D31 D32 D33 D34 D35 D36 D50 D51 E7 G7 G8 G9 J31 J32 J33 J34 J35 J36 J37 J81 J82 J83 J84 J85 J86 J88 N14 N15 Y9 Y10
North Eastern	A2 A6 A7 B13 B14 B15 B16 C6 C7 C8 D17/1 D17/2 D18 D19 D20 D21 D22 D23 E5 E6 F8 G5 G6 H1 J21 J22 J24 J25 J26 J27 J71 J72 J73 J74 J76 J77 J78 J79 N8 N9 N10 Q5 Q6 Q7 T1 X1 X2 X3 Y7 Y8 EB1 EE1 EF1 ES1
North Eastern (ex Hull & Barnsley)	D24 J23 J28 J75 J80 N11 N12 N13 Q10

LNER designs

Gresley (1923–1941)	A1 A3 A4 A8 B17 C9 D49 J38 J39 J50 K4 P1 P2 U1 V1 V2 V3 V4 W1 EM1
Thompson (1941–1946)	A1 A2/1 A2/2 A2/3 B1 B2 D K1 K5 L1 O1 Q1
Peppercorn (1946–1947)	A1 A2 K1

Other designs

Proposed designs

P10 2-8-2T (Nov 1929)
B 4-6-0 (Nov 1936)
? 4-8-2 (1939)
Q 0-8-0 (June 1930)
? 4-8-4 (Feb 1946)
? 4-8-2 (Feb 1946)
K 2-6-0 (Aug 1947)

see also: British Railways steam locomotives; GWR locomotives; LMS locomotives; Southern Railway locomotives

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