NER Class T2

what is it?

The North Eastern Railway Class T2, classified as Class Q6 by the LNER, is a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotive designed for heavy freight, especially for hauling long coal trains to various collieries in the North Eastern region of the UK, with a maximum speed of 40 miles per hour. 120 were built at Darlington Works and Armstrong Whitworth between 1913 and 1921 to the design of Vincent Raven, based on the NER Class T and T1 (LNER Q5). The batch of fifty built by Armstrong Whitworth from 1919 were A-W's first locomotives to be built, after the conversion of their Scotswood works from ordnance to peacetime production.

who runs it

NENorth Eastern RailwayLondon and North Eastern RailwayBritish RailNENorth Eastern Region of British Railways

base stats

• built 120made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 113 years ago, in 1913.
• ⌛Served for 54 years (1913–1967).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1913–1921

in service from

1913

retired

1967

status

preserved

number built

120

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

Armstrong Whitworth, Darlington Works

designer

Vincent Raven

operators

North Eastern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, North Eastern Region of British Railways

top speed

—

power

—

wheel arrangement

0-8-0

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.