NER Class C1
LNER Class J21 |
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65078 at Wearhead Station |
| Type and origin |
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| Power type | Steam |
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| Designer | T. W. Worsdell |
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| Builder | NER Gateshead and Darlington Works |
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| Build date | 1886–1894
1901–1913 (conversions from Class C compounds) |
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| Total produced | 201 |
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| Rebuild date | 1914-1925 (superheater conversions)
1923-1929 (saturated engines given larger cylinders) |
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| Specifications |
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Configuration:
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| • Whyte | 0-6-0 |
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| • UIC | C |
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| Gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
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| Driver dia. | 5 ft 1+1⁄4 in (1.556 m) |
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| Wheelbase | Loco: 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)
Tender: 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m)
Both: 37 ft 9+3⁄4 in (11.53 m) |
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| Axle load | 15.5 long tons (15.7 t; 17.4 short tons) |
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| Loco weight | 42.4 long tons (43.1 t; 47.5 short tons) |
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| Tender weight | 36.8 long tons (37.4 t; 41.2 short tons) |
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| Total weight | 79.2 long tons (80.5 t; 88.7 short tons) |
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| Firebox: | |
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| • Grate area | 17.2 sq ft (1.60 m2) |
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| Boiler | 4 ft 3 in (1.30 m) diameter |
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| Boiler pressure | Original: 140 psi (0.97 MPa)
Rebuilt: 160 psi (1.1 MPa) |
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| Heating surface: | |
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| • Firebox | 108 sq ft (10.0 m2) |
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| • Tubes | 1,025 sq ft (95.2 m2) saturated
480 sq ft (45 m2) superheated |
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| • Flues | 270.1 sq ft (25.09 m2) (superheated only) |
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| • Total surface | 1,133 sq ft (105.3 m2) saturated
1,041.6 sq ft (96.77 m2) superheated |
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Superheater:
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| • Heating area | 183.5 sq ft (17.05 m2) |
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| Cylinders | Two, inside |
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| Cylinder size | 18 in × 24 in (460 mm × 610 mm) original
19 in × 24 in (480 mm × 610 mm) rebuilt |
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| Valve gear | Joy; some rebuilt to Stephenson |
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| Valve type | slide valves |
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| Performance figures |
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| Tractive effort | 15,108 lbf (67.20 kN) original
17,265 lbf (76.80 kN) early rebuilds
19,237 lbf (85.57 kN) later rebuilds |
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| Career |
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| Operators | NER, LNER, BR |
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| Class | NER: C1, C
LNER: J21 |
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| Withdrawn | 1929–1962 |
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| Preserved | 65033 |
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| Restored | 1972 |
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| Disposition | One preserved (no. 876), remainder scrapped |
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The North Eastern Railway (NER) Class C1, was a class of 0-6-0 freight locomotives designed by T.W. Worsdell. They were used throughout the NER system, although particularly in Teesside between 1886 and 1962.
