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NBR F Class LNER Class J88
BR 68351 (still in LNER guise as 8351) (left) in steam at Shore Road Depot 28 August 1948
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer William P. Reid Builder NBR Cowlairs Works Build date 1904–1919 Total produced 35
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0T  • UIC C n2t Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 3 ft 9 in (1.143 m) Wheelbase 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) ​  • Axle spacing (Asymmetrical) 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) + 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Length 27 ft 6+3⁄4 in (8.40 m) over buffers Axle load 15 LT 12 cwt (15.9 t) Loco weight 38 LT 14 cwt (39.3 t) (full) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 2 long tons 1 cwt (2.1 t) Water cap. 850 imp gal (3,900 L; 1,020 US gal) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 14.5 sq ft (1.35 m) Boiler: ​  • Model LNER diagram 87  • Pitch 6 ft 6+1⁄2 in (1.994 m)  • Tube plates 8 ft 8+1⁄2 in (2.654 m)  • Small tubes 142 × 1+3⁄4 in (44 mm) Boiler pressure 130 lbf/in (0.90 MPa) Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 65.7 sq ft (6.10 m)  • Tubes 585.5 sq ft (54.39 m)  • Total surface 651.2 sq ft (60.50 m) Superheater None Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 15 in × 22 in (381 mm × 559 mm) Valve gear Stephenson Valve type Slide valves
Performance figures Tractive effort 12,155 lbf (54.07 kN)
Career Operators North British Railway London and North Eastern Railway British Railways Power class BR: 0F Axle load class LNER: RA 3 Locale Scotland Withdrawn 1954–1962 Disposition All scrapped

The NBR F Class (LNER Class J88) was a class of 0-6-0 tank locomotives, designed by William P. Reid on the North British Railway. They were used for dockyard shunting duties.

Background

When the North British railway required more dock shunting tank locomotives in 1904, rather than order further copies of the railway's standard G class (LNER class Y9) 0-4-0ST, William P. Reid introduced a completely new 0-6-0T locomotive design.

Design

The class had a 3-foot-10-inch (1.17 m) diameter, 10-foot-5-inch (3.18 m) long boiler producing 130 pounds-force per square inch (0.90 MPa) saturated steam to two outside 17-by-24-inch (432 mm × 610 mm) cylinders, which were connected to the 3-foot-9-inch (1.143 m) driving wheels by inside Stephenson valve gear actuating slide valves.

Construction

All thirty five locomotives were built at the NBR's Cowlairs Works in five batches between 1904 and 1919.

Service history

They were used on docks and harbours on both the east and west coasts of Scotland. They were usually allocated to St. Margaret's (Edinburgh), Eastfield (Glasgow), Thornton, Kipps, Polmont, Sirling and Haymarket (Edinburgh) locomotive depots.

At the grouping in 1923, they all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway, who classified them as class J88. They were all still in service at Nationalisation in 1948. BR added 60000 to their LNER 1946 number.

Withdrawal

One locomotive, No. 68341, was withdrawn in 1954 after falling into Kirkcaldy harbour, but later the class were gradually displaced by diesel shunters during the 1950s, with the last withdrawn in December 1962. All members of the class were scrapped, and there is no surviving example in preservation.

References

1. ^ Langston, Keith (13 August 2014). Scottish Steam: A Celebration. Wharncliffe. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-84563-163-5.
2. ^ Allen et al. (1971), p. 79.
3. Allen et al. (1971), p. 80.
4. Allen et al. (1971), pp. 79, 82–83.
5. Allen et al. (1971), p. 81.
6. Allen et al. (1971), pp. 82–83.

• Allen, D. W.; Boddy, M. G.; Brown, W. A.; Fry, E. V.; Hennigan, W.; Manners, F.; Neve, E.; Proud, P.; Roundthwaite, T. E.; Tee, D. F.; Yeadon, W. B. (February 1971). Fry, E. V. (ed.). Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., part 8B: Tank Engines - Classes J71 to J94. Kenilworth: RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-06-1.
• Casserley, H.C. & Johnston, Stuart W. (1974) . Locomotives at the Grouping 2: London & North Eastern Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Limited. p. 68. ISBN 0-7110-0553-2.

• North British Railway locomotives
• 0-6-0T locomotives
• Railway locomotives introduced in 1904
• Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain
• Scrapped locomotives
• Shunting locomotives