LD&ECR Class C

The LD&ECR class C (LNER Class G3) was a class of 0-4-4T steam locomotives of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway.

LD&ECR class C LNER Class G3
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Kitson & Co. Builder Kitson & Co. Serial number 3658–61, 3867–68 Build date 1897–98 Total produced 6
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-4-4T  • UIC B2′ n2t Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 4 ft 6 in (1.372 m) Trailing dia. 3 ft 0 in (0.914 m) Length 30 ft 0.75 in (9.163 m) Loco weight 50 long tons 0 cwt (112,000 lb or 50.8 t) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 2 long tons 0 cwt (4,500 lb or 2 t) Water cap 1,300 imp gal (5,900 l; 1,600 US gal) Boiler pressure 160 lbf/in^2 (1.10 MPa) Heating surface 961 sq ft (89.3 m^2) Cylinders Two, inside Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
Performance figures Tractive effort 14,292 lbf (63.57 kN)
Career Operators Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway → Great Central Railway → London and North Eastern Railway Class LD&ECR: C LNER: G3 Numbers LD&ECR: 13–18 GCR: 1169, 1148B–1152B (1169 → 1169B in 1917) LNER: 6407–6402 Withdrawn 1931–1935 Disposition All scrapped

Six were built in 1897–98.[1] They were the LD&ECR's only true passenger locomotives. They normally ran between Chesterfield Market Place and Lincoln and occasionally to the Midland Railway station in Sheffield. In later years five moved to the Sheffield area, with one transferring to Ardsley

All were scrapped between 1931 and 1935.[2]

References

1. Dow 1965, p. 374.
2. "The G3 (GCR Class C) 0-4-4T 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. p. 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.

External links

• "LNER G3 No 6402 at Neepsend". GCR Society.
• "LNER G3 No 1152B at Tuxford". Railway Magazine.
• "LNER G3s at Sheffield and Langwith". ipErninty.
• "LNER G3 in GCR days". Transport of Delight.