NBR B class

NBR B Class
LNER Class J35
NBR B Class ; LNER Class J35
	J35 64501 and Gresley K3 2-6-0 No. 61916 leave Craigentinny Carriage Depot 1948
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	William Paton Reid
Build date	1906-1913
Total produced	76
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	5 ft 0 in (1.524 m)
Loco weight	51 long tons 0 cwt (114,200 lb or 51.8 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Boiler pressure	180 lbf/in2 (1.24 MPa)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	22,080 lbf (98.22 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	NBR » LNER » BR
Withdrawn	1946-1962

The NBR B Class (LNER Class J35) is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed by William Paton Reid for freight work on the North British Railway. They were introduced in 1906 and had inside cylinders and Stephenson valve gear. The first eighteen locomotives had piston valves and the remainder had slide valves.

Classification

Seventy-six locomotives were built and these passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923. The LNER classified them as follows:^[1]

The entire class was fitted with superheaters between 1923 and 1942 and re-classified from 1937 as follows:

Seventy locomotives of classes J35/4 and J35/5 came into British Railways (BR) ownership at nationalisation in 1948 and were numbered as follows:^[2]

^ "The Reid J35 (NBR Class B) 0-6-0 Locomotives". Lner.info. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
^ Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 4, p.29

Casserley, H.C. & Johnston, Stuart W. (1974) [1966]. Locomotives at the Grouping 2: London & North Eastern Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Limited. p. 55. ISBN 0-7110-0553-2.