NER Class S2

NER Class S2
LNER Class B15

Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Vincent Raven Build date 1911-1913 Total produced 20 Rebuild date All rebuilt by 1928

Specifications Configuration 4-6-0 Leading dia 3 ft 7 ^1⁄4 in (1.099 m) Driver diameter 6 ft 1 ^1⁄4 in (1.861 m) Wheelbase 26 ft 0 ^1⁄2 in (7.938 m) engine 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) tender 50 ft 8 ^1⁄4 in (15.450 m) total Axle load 19.4 long tons (19.7 t) Loco weight 71.1 long tons (72.2 t) Tender weight 44 long tons (45 t) Loco & tender weight 115.1 long tons (116.9 t) Firebox:  • Firegrate area 23 sq ft (2.1 m^2) Boiler 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Boiler pressure 175 psi (1.21 MPa) Heating surface 1,730 sq ft (161 m^2)  • Tubes 723 sq ft (67.2 m^2)  • Flues 506 sq ft (47.0 m^2)  • Firebox 140 sq ft (13 m^2) Superheater:  • Heating area 361 sq ft (33.5 m^2) Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 20 in × 26 in (510 mm × 660 mm) Valve gear Stephenson

Performance figures Tractive effort 21,115 lbf (93.92 kN)

Career Operators North Eastern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway Retired 1937-1947 Disposition All scrapped

The North Eastern Railway Class S2 - London and North Eastern Railway Class B15 - was a mixed traffic 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed by Vincent Raven. The design was based on NER Class S.

Accidents and incidents

• On 14 February 1920, loconotive No. 787 was hauling a freight train which was involved in a head-on collision with a freight train hauled by locomotive No. 788 at Skelton, Yorkshire.^[1]

References

1. Hoole, Ken (1982). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 3. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 24. ISBN 0-906899-05-2.

External links

• http://www.lner.info/locos/B/b15.shtml