Metropolitan Railway G Class

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Metropolitan Railway G Class
LNER Class M2
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerCharles Jones
Builder Yorkshire Engine Company
Build date1915
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 0-6-4T
Gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.5 ft 9 in (1.753 m)
Trailing dia. 3 ft 6 in (1.067 m)
Wheelbase 28 ft 9 in (8.763 m)
Axle load 18.65 long tons (18.95 t; 20.89 short tons)
Loco weight71.05 long tons (72.19 t; 79.58 short tons)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity4.5 long tons (4.6 t; 5.0 short tons)
Water cap.2,000 imp gal (9,100 L; 2,400 US gal)
Firebox:
  Grate area21.4 sq ft (1.99 m2)
Boiler pressure160 psi (1.1 MPa)
Heating surface:
  Firebox142 sq ft (13.2 m2)
  Tubes281 sq ft (26.1 m2)
  Flues281 sq ft (26.1 m2)
Superheater:
  Heating area197 sq ft (18.3 m2)
Cylinders 2 (inside)
Cylinder size 20 in × 26 in (508 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear Stephenson
Performance figures
Tractive effort 20,498 lbf (91.18 kN) (at 85% pressure)
Career
Operators Metropolitan Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
Number in class4
Retired1943–1948
DispositionAll scrapped

The Metropolitan Railway G Class consisted of four 0-6-4T steam locomotives, numbered 94 to 97. [1] They were built by Yorkshire Engine Company in 1915. The class was unusual in carrying names as well as numbers, and were the last Metropolitan steam locomotives to do so.

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Service

The G Class were used on various duties on the Metropolitan Railway mainline until 1937 when all four were transferred to the LNER. The LNER numbered them 6154–6157 and classified them as M2 Class. Two survived to the 1946 renumbering. [2]

Withdrawal

All were withdrawn and scrapped between 1943 and 1948.

Names and numbers

Table of names and numbers [1]
NumberNameLNER No.1946 No.Withdrawn
94Lord Aberconway6154Allocated No. 9075,
but withdrawn before re-numbering
1946
95Robert H. Selbie615590761948
96Charles Jones615690771948
97Brill61571943

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References

  1. 1 2 Casserley, H.C. (1977). The Later Years of Metropolitan Steam. Truro: D.Bradford Barton. pp. 7, 29–33. ISBN   0-85153-327-2.
  2. Casserley & Later Metropolitan Steam , p. 33