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LNER Gresley "V3" Class 2-6-2T

**Class Types**
LNER Class	V3

General

Designer

Sir Nigel Gresley

Introduced

1939

Grouping Company

London and North Eastern Railway

Description (1957)

Class V1 & V3. Gresley 5'8" 3-cylinder 2-6-2T's, 92 engines built between 1932 and 1939. The last 10 were built new with higher boiler pressure and classified V3, but are identical in appearance with the later locomotives of class V1. Certain engines of class V1 have been rebuilt as class V3.

Wheel Arrangement

2-6-2T

Number Built as V3

Number Scrapped

Number Preserved

First in Service

09/1939

Last in Service

11/1964

Orders

Builder	Sponsor	Order #	Date	Size
Doncaster Works		347	12/1938	10

**Illustration**

Copyright: RicsRailPics

**Power**
Variant Introduced	1939
Tractive Effort	24,960lbs
Inside Cylinders	16" x 26" (1 off)
Inside Valves	8"Piston
Inside Motion	Gresley
Outside Cylinders	16" x 26" (2 off)
Outside Valves	8"Piston
Outside Motion	Walschaerts

**Wheels**
Pony	3' 2"
Drivers	5' 8"
Truck	3' 8"
Total Wheelbase	32' 3"
Descriptive Wheelbase	8' 6" + 7' 3" + 9' 0" + 7' 6" = 32' 3"

**Dimensions**
Length (over buffers)	42' 0¹⁄₄"
Weight (in running order)	86t 16cwt
Adhesive Weight	59t 2cwt
Maximum Axle Load	20t 0cwt
Water Capacity	2,000gal
Coal Capacity	4t 10cwt

**Boiler & Firebox**
Boiler Diagram	102HP
Boiler Max Diameter	5'
Boiler Barrel Length	11' 11"
Boiler Pressure	200lbs
Boiler Pitch	8' 9"
Firebox Type	Round Top
Firebox Length	7' 2¹⁄₂"
Firebox Grate Area	22.08ft²
Firebox Heating Surface	127ft²
Tube Number	149
Tube Diameter	1³⁄₄"
Tube Area	830ft²
Flue Elements	22
Flue Diameter	5¹⁄₄"
Flue Area	368ft²
Total Evaporative Area	1325ft²
Superheater Elements	22
Superheater Element Diameter	1⁷⁄₃₂"
Superheater Element Area	284ft²
Total Heating Area	1609ft²

Complete BR Locomotive Database 1948-1997

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