LD&ECR Class A

The LD&ECR class A (LNER Class N6) was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotives of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway. An initial batch of eight was ordered and built in 1895. An order for 15 more was placed in 1899 but five of these were not delivered because the LD&ECR was unable to pay for them. The undelivered locomotives were re-sold by Kitson & Co. to the Hull and Barnsley Railway and became H&BR Class F1 (LNER Class N11).[1] There are some detail differences between the LD&ECR class A and the H&BR Class F1 but these were the result of later modifications.

LD&ECR class A LNER Class N6
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Kitson & Co. Builder Kitson & Co. Serial number 3605–3612, 3903–3904, 3909–3911, 3919–3923 Build date 1895 (8) 1900 (10) Total produced 18
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-2T  • UIC C1 t Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 4 ft 9 in (1.448 m) Trailing dia. 3 ft 9 in (1.143 m) Loco weight 58 long tons 4 cwt (130,400 lb or 59.1 t) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 3 long tons 0 cwt (6,700 lb or 3 t) Water cap 1,825 imp gal (8,300 l; 2,192 US gal) Firebox:  • Firegrate area 20.5 sq ft (1.90 m^2) Boiler pressure 170 psi (1.17 MPa) Heating surface 1,289 sq ft (119.8 m^2) Cylinders Two, inside Cylinder size 18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm) Valve gear Allan Valve type Balanced slide valves
Performance figures Tractive effort 21,355 lbf (94.99 kN)
Career Operators Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway → Great Central Railway → London and North Eastern Railway Class LD&ECR: A LNER: N6 Numbers LD&ECR: 1–8, 19–28 GCR: 1145B–1147B, 1154–1168 (1164–68 renumbered 40–43, 66) LNER: 6414–6412, 6154–6153, 5040–5043, 5066 Withdrawn 1933–1938 Disposition All scrapped

References

1. "The Kitson N6 (GCR Class A) 0-6-2T Locomotives". The London & North Eastern Railway Encyclopedia.

• "LDECR/LNER "N6" Class 0-6-2T". BRDatabase. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016.
• 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. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-903485-86-9.