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GNR/LNER Ivatt "J5" Class 0-6-0

**Class Types**
GNR Class	J22
LNER Class	J5

General

Designer

Henry Ivatt

Introduced

1909

Pre-Grouping Company

Great Northern Railway

Grouping Company

London and North Eastern Railway

Description (1957)

Class J5. G.N.R. Ivatt 0-6-0's with 5'2" wheels, built 1909-94 10. Nos. 65480 and 65489 were rebuilt with superheaters; all scrapped 1953-55.

Wheel Arrangement

0-6-0

Number Built as J5

First in Service

10/1909

Last in Service

12/1955

Orders

Builder	Sponsor	Order #	Date	Size
Doncaster Works		260	1909	10
Doncaster Works		262	1910	10

Classification

Southern Area 3

Route Availability

BR Power Class

Engine Diagrams

Diagram	Details
Section N, 1924	Saturated and superheated engines, with 3,500 gallon tender

**Power**
Variant Introduced	1909
Tractive Effort	20,210lbs
Inside Cylinders	18" x 26" (2 off)
Inside Valves	Slide
Inside Motion	Stephenson

**Wheels**
Drivers	5' 2"
Locomotive Wheelbase	16' 3"
Tender Wheelbase	13'
Total Wheelbase	37' 8"
Descriptive Wheelbase	7' 3" + 9' 0" + 8' 5" + 7' 0" + 6' 0" = 37' 8"

**Dimensions**
Length (over buffers)	50' 5¹⁄₂"
Weight (in running order)	90t 8cwt
Weight (loco only)	47t 6cwt
Maximum Axle Load	17t 0cwt
Water Capacity	3,500gal
Coal Capacity	6t 10cwt

**Boiler & Firebox**
Boiler Diagram	7 Sat
Boiler Max Diameter	4' 8"
Boiler Barrel Length	10' 1"
Boiler Pressure	175lbs
Boiler Pitch	7' 9⁵⁄₈"
Firebox Type	Round Top
Firebox Length	6' 4"
Firebox Grate Area	19ft²
Firebox Heating Surface	120ft²
Tube Number	238
Tube Diameter	1³⁄₄"
Tube Area	1130ft²
Total Evaporative Area	1250ft²
Total Heating Area	1250ft²

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