#1858
NER Class S3
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North Eastern Railway· from 1919· class of 70 British 4-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The North Eastern Railway Class S3, classified B16 by the LNER, was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for mixed traffic work. It was designed by Vincent Raven and introduced in 1920. The earlier members of this class were fitted with Westinghouse Brakes - all of this equipment was removed during the 1930s.
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 107 years ago, in 1919.
- 18.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1919–1924
- retired
- 1964
- status
- retired
- number built
- 70
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North Eastern Railway, Darlington Works
- designer
- Vincent Raven
- operators
- North Eastern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 18.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6953563, Wikipedia: NER Class S3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.