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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: • Whyte 4-6-0 Leading dia. 3 ft 7+ 1 ⁄4 in (1.099 m) Driver dia. 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) totalAxle load 19.4 long tons (19.7 t) Loco weight 71.1 long tons (72.2 t) Tender weight 44 long tons (45 t) Total weight 115.1 long tons (116.9 t) Firebox: • Grate area 23 sq ft (2.1 m2 ) Boiler 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Boiler pressure 175 psi (1.21 MPa) Heating surface: • Firebox 140 sq ft (13 m2 ) • Tubes 723 sq ft (67.2 m2 ) • Flues 506 sq ft (47.0 m2 ) • Total surface 1,730 sq ft (161 m2 ) Superheater: • Heating area 361 sq ft (33.5 m2 ) Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 20 in × 26 in (510 mm × 660 mm) Valve gear Stephenson
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, locomotive 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]
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Pre-grouping railway designs
LNER designs
Other designs Proposed designs
P10 2-8-2T (Nov 1929)
B 4-6-0 (Nov 1936)
? 4-8-2 (1939)
Q 0-8-0 (June 1930)
? 4-8-4 (Feb 1946)
? 4-8-2 (Feb 1946)
K 2-6-0 (Aug 1947)