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NBR A class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1909· class of 105 British 0-6-2T locomotives, later LNER classes N14 and N15
what is it?
The NBR A Class/London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Classes N14 and N15 were the standard 0-6-2 tank locomotives designed by William P. Reid for freight duties on the North British Railway. The LNER regarded the original locomotives as two separate classes (N14 & N15). The final batch of locomotives was on order at the time of the grouping in 1923.
who runs it
base stats
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 117 years ago, in 1909.
- Served for 53 years (1909–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1909–1923
- in service from
- 1909
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 105
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company, Robert Stephenson and Company, Cowlairs railway works
- designer
- William P. Reid
- operators
- North British Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, Scottish Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16987470, Wikipedia: NBR A class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.