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NER Class P3
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1906· class of 115 British 0-6-0 locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South Blyth locomotive depot: Roger Cornfoot· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. NER P3 2392: Murgatroyd49· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. NER Class P3 No. 1053 and Locomotion No. 1: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
what is it?
The North Eastern Railway (NER) Class P3, classified J27 by the LNER, is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive. The P3 Class was designed by Wilson Worsdell and was a relatively minor modification of the existing North Eastern Railway Class P2 (LNER Class J26). The most significant change was a deeper firebox with shallower sloping fire grate.
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 120 years ago, in 1906.
- 15.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 61 years (1906–1967).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906–1923
- in service from
- 1906
- retired
- 1967
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 115
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company, Beyer, Peacock and Company, Robert Stephenson and Company, Darlington Works
- designer
- Wilson Worsdell
- operators
- North Eastern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, North Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 15.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6953556, Wikipedia: NER Class P3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.