LD&ECR Class B

The LD&ECR Class B (LNER Class J60) was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotives of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway.

LD&ECR Class B LNER Class J60
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Kitson & Co. Builder Kitson & Co. Serial number 3654–3657 Build date 1897 Total produced 4
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0T  • UIC C n2t Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 4 ft 6 in (1.372 m) Wheelbase 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) Length 30 ft 6.75 in (9.315 m) Loco weight 46 long tons 16 cwt (104,800 lb or 47.6 t) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 2 long tons 0 cwt (4,500 lb or 2 t) Water cap. 1,100 imp gal (5,000 L; 1,300 US gal) Boiler pressure 160 psi (1.10 MPa) Heating surface 961 sq ft (89.3 m2) Cylinders Two, inside Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
Performance figures Tractive effort 17,468 lbf (77.70 kN)
Career Operators Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway → Great Central Railway → London and North Eastern Railway Class LD&ECR: B LNER: J60 Numbers LD&ECR: 9-12 GCR: 1175–1178 (1153B–1156B from 1910) LNER: 6411–6408 (8366–8369 from 1946) Withdrawn 1947–48 Disposition All scrapped

Four examples were built in 1897.^[1] Three were normally based at Langwith Junction, while the other was at Tuxford. In later years they moved to Wrexham, with one transferring to Gorton as the works shunter.^[2]

Table of locomotives

LD&CR number	Kitson serial number	GCR 1907 number	GCR 1910 number	LNER 1923 number	LNER 1946 number	Date Withdrawn
9	3654	1175	1153B	6411	8366	Mar 1948
10	3655	1176	1154B	6410	8367	Sep 1947
11	3655	1177	1155B	6409	8368	Aug 1948
12	3656	1178	1156B	6408	8369	Feb 1947

References

Notes

1. Dow 1965, p. 374.
2. "The Kitson J60 (GCR Class B) 0-6-0T Locomotives". The London & North Eastern Railway Encyclopedia.

Sources

• Baxter, Bertram (1988). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 5B: Great Northern Railway and Great Central Railway. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. pp. 169–170. ISBN 978-0-903485-86-9.
• Dow, George (1965). Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900–1922. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0263-0. OCLC 500447049.