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NER Class S3
LNER Class B16

B16/3 No. 61418.
Power type	Steam
Designer	Raven
Build date	1920
Configuration	4-6-0
Gauge	4' 8½"
Driver size	5' 8"
Locomotive weight	B16/1, 77 tons 14 cwt B16/2, 79 tons 4 cwt B16/3, 78 tons 19 cwt tender: 46 tons 12 cwt
Fuel type	coal
Boiler pressure	180 psi
Cylinders	three
Cylinder size	18½" x 26"
Tractive effort	30,030 lbf

The North Eastern Railway Class S3, classified B16 by the LNER, was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for mixed traffic work. It was designed by Vincent Raven and introduced in 1920.

Post-NER

The locomotives passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923 and some of them were rebuilt as shown below. Sixty-nine passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and they were numbered 61400-61468. The last B16 was scrapped in 1964 and none has been preserved.

Sub-classes

• B16/1 Introduced 1920, NER design by Vincent Raven with inside Stephenson valve gear
• B16/2 Introduced 1937, LNER rebuild of B16/1 by Nigel Gresley with Gresley conjugated valve gear
• B16/3 Introduced 1944, LNER rebuild of B16/1 by Edward Thompson with three sets of Walschaerts valve gear

Sources

• Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 4, page 10

External links

• LNER encyclopedia
• Railuk database B16/1, B16/2 and B16/3

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