Locomotives of the Hull and Barnsley Railway

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Locomotives of the Hull and Barnsley Railway. The Hull and Barnsley Railway never manufactured any of its own locomotives, all being built elsewhere. The first types in use were of the design W. Kirtley (Locomotive Superintendent of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway) who was acting as a consultant. Matthew Stirling (son of Patrick Stirling of 'Stirling Single' fame) was the first and only Locomotive Superintendent of the H&BR during its independence, and he undertook the rebuilding of some of Mr. Kirtley's designs, as well as contracting the construction of his own designs to various builders. His locomotives were typically domeless, and many of the original Kirtley engines were also rebuilt without domes. [1]

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Kirtley's locomotives were painted black with grey lining. [2] Matthew Stirling subtly modified the livery – using invisible green (black except in bright sunlight) produced from a 50:50 mixture of 'drop black' and 'brunswick green'. Lining was of broad stripes of blue (ultramarine) with red (vermilion) edges. [3] The 2-4-0 and 0-6-0 tender locomotives procured by Kitley carried a small cursive monogram of the letters "HB&WRJR", [4] other locomotives carried the initials "H&BR". [2]

Locomotives of the Hull and Barnsley Railway
Year builtClassOriginal numbersTypeDesignerBuilderNotesLNER Class
1884–5A (later G1)1 to 120-6-0 tankW. Kirtley Beyer Peacock and Co. Ltd. For shunting – Wheelbase too long for Alexandra Dock
1885B (later D), E [5] 13 to 320-6-0 tenderFor freight use, rebuilt 1897
1885C (later H, H1) [5] 33–422-4-0 tenderFor passenger use, same tender as above, 5 rebuilt 1899–1900, 5 remainder rebuilt 1901–1903 to different specifications
188643–480-4-0 tank Kitson and Co. (Leeds) Acquired for shunting in Alexandra Dock to replace G1
1889B49–560-6-0 tenderM. StirlingKitson and Co.For goods use
Later builds had larger boilers and increased boiler pressure, earlier engines rebuilt to the later standard.		J23
189257–62
189263–66 Vulcan Foundry
1897–870–78 Yorkshire Engine Company
189879–84Kitson and Co.
190085–90
190091–96Yorkshire Engine Company
1908132–141Kitson and Co.
1892G267–690-6-0 tankM. Stirling Robert Stephenson & Co. Similar to B class tender engines but with slightly smaller boiler, and lower and coal water capacityJ80
1900 F1 97–1010-6-2 tankKitson and Co.Built for the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway N11
1901 F2 102–1100-6-2 tankM. StirlingKitson and Co.N12
1901 G3 111–1160-6-0 tankM. StirlingYorkshire Engine CompanySimilar to class F2J75
1908142–151Kitson and Co.
1907 A 117–1310-8-0 tenderM. StirlingYorkshire Engine Co.For heavy goodsQ10
1910J33, 35, 38, 41, 424-4-0 tenderM. StirlingKitson and Co.For Sheffield to Hull trains via the Midland RailwayD24
1913 F3 152–156, 13, 15, 18, 23, 270-6-2 tankM. Stirling R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. N13
1911L116, 17, 19, 24, 310-6-0M. StirlingKitson and Co.goods engines
Class LS (and some L1) used superheated steam, the only type of H&BR locomotive using superheating 		J28
191214, 25, 29, 30, 32
1915L157–161Yorkshire Engine Company
1915LS20-22, 26, 28Kitson and Co.
Numbering of H&BR locomotives was sequential, once a locomotive was rebuilt it was added to the supplementary list and the suffix "A" added, the original number being reused for new locomotives. (Sources: [1] [6] )

A total of 186 engines were operated by the Hull and Barnsley Railway. On merging into the North Eastern Railway, the locomotives were briefly renumbered by adding 3000 to the original number. Following the incorporation into the London and North Eastern Railway, the surviving locomotives were assigned numbers between 2405 and 2542, [7] in no specific order. Most except the H&BR Class F3 (LNER Class N13) were withdrawn between 1930 and 1940, [1] the B Class beginning withdrawal earlier in 1925. The last F3 was withdrawn in 1956. [7]

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