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Record: 71951 (21/04/2026)
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NER/LNER Worsdell "B13" Class 4-6-0
Class Types
| NER Class |
S |
| LNER Class |
B13 |
General
| Designer |
Wilson Worsdell |
| Introduced |
1899 |
| Pre-Grouping Company |
North Eastern Railway |
| Grouping Company |
London and North Eastern Railway |
| Description (1957) |
Class B13. Sole survivor of a class of forty 6'1%." 4-6-0's built between 1899 and 1909 for the North Eastern Railway. This engine was withdrawn from ordinary traffic in 1934 and used as a counter-pressure locomotive for testing purposes at Darlington and later at Rugby. This was scrapped in 1951 as No. 1699. |
| Wheel Arrangement |
4-6-0 |
| Number Built as B13 |
40 |
| Number Scrapped |
40 |
| First in Service |
06/1899 |
| Last in Service |
22/02/1951 |
| Manufacturers |
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| Orders |
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Power
| Variant Introduced |
1899 |
| Tractive Effort |
19,309lbs |
| Outside Cylinders |
20" x 26" (2 off) |
| Outside Valves |
8.75"Piston |
| Outside Motion |
Stephenson |
Wheels
| Pony |
3' 71⁄4" |
| Drivers |
6' 11⁄4" |
| Locomotive Wheelbase |
26' 01⁄2" |
| Tender Wheelbase |
12' 8" |
| Total Wheelbase |
50' 81⁄4" |
| Descriptive Wheelbase |
6' 6" + 5' 6½" + 7' 0" + 7' 0" + 11' 11¾" + 6' 4" + 6' 4" = 50' 8¼" |
Dimensions
| Length (over buffers) |
61' 03⁄4" |
| Weight (in running order) |
107t 16cwt |
| Weight (loco only) |
64t 6cwt |
| Adhesive Weight |
48t 2cwt |
| Maximum Axle Load |
19t 14cwt |
| Water Capacity |
3,940gal |
| Coal Capacity |
5t 0cwt |
Boiler & Firebox
| Boiler Diagram |
54Sat |
| Boiler Pitch |
8' 2" |
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