GNR Class O1

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-8-0
• UIC	1′D h2
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.	3 ft 2 in (965 mm)
Coupled dia.	4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm)
Length	60 ft 11.5 in (18.580 m)
Loco weight	76.2–78.65 long tons (77.42–79.91 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Firebox:
• Grate area	27 sq ft (2.5 m2)
Boiler:;
• Diameter	5 ft 6 in (1,680 mm)
Boiler pressure	180 lbf/in2 (1.24 MPa)
Heating surface:
• Firebox	162 sq ft (15.1 m2)
• Total surface	2,084 sq ft (193.6 m2)
Superheater:;
• Type	24
• Heating area	570 sq ft (53 m2)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	21 in × 28 in (533 mm × 711 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts
Valve type	10-inch (254 mm) piston valves

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Nigel Gresley
Builder	Doncaster Works (5); North British Locomotive Co. (15);
Build date	1913–1919
Total produced	20

GNR O1 class
LNER O1 (later O3) Class
GNR O1 class; LNER O1 (later O3) Class
	No. 3491 at Immingham Locomotive Depot 1947
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Nigel Gresley
Builder	Doncaster Works (5); North British Locomotive Co. (15);
Build date	1913–1919
Total produced	20
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-8-0
• UIC	1′D h2
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.	3 ft 2 in (965 mm)
Coupled dia.	4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm)
Length	60 ft 11.5 in (18.580 m)
Loco weight	76.2–78.65 long tons (77.42–79.91 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Firebox:
• Grate area	27 sq ft (2.5 m2)
Boiler:;
• Diameter	5 ft 6 in (1,680 mm)
Boiler pressure	180 lbf/in2 (1.24 MPa)
Heating surface:
• Firebox	162 sq ft (15.1 m2)
• Total surface	2,084 sq ft (193.6 m2)
Superheater:;
• Type	24
• Heating area	570 sq ft (53 m2)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	21 in × 28 in (533 mm × 711 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts
Valve type	10-inch (254 mm) piston valves
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	33,735 lbf (150.06 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	Great Northern Railway (Great Britain); London and North Eastern Railway; British Railways;
Power class	8F
Nicknames	Tangos
Axle load class	Route availability 6
Withdrawn	1947–1952
Disposition	All scrapped

The Great Northern Railway (GNR) Class O1 was a class of two-cylinder 2-8-0 steam locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley for heavy freight work and built by the GNR between 1913 and 1919.

History

Gresley designed the O1 2-8-0 for the heavy coal trains on the mainline from Grantham to London, ordering five examples 1913, which were completed at Doncaster in 1914. A further fifteen were ordered in January 1916, but due to the First World War delays were incurred and construction was transferred to the North British Locomotive Company, who delivered the first ten in April 1918, followed by a further five in October and November 1919.

Table of orders and numbers
Year	Order	Manufacturer	Serial number	Quantity	GNR Nos.	LNER Nos.	LNER 1944 Nos.
1913–14	EO 274	Doncaster Works	1411–1413, 1415, 1418	5	456–460	3456–3460	3475–3479
1919		North British Locomotive Co. (Hyde Park Works)	22060–22069	10	462–471	3462–3471	3480–3489
1919		North British Locomotive Co. (Atlas Works)	22099–22103	5	472–476	3472–3476	3490–3494

The class was re-designated O3 by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1944 to release the O1 classification for use with the LNER Thompson Class O1 introduced during the Second World War.

British Railways

Seventeen examples survived into British Railways ownership in 1948, but all had been withdrawn by 1952 and scrapped after World War 2 .

Table of withdrawals
Year	Quantity in service at start of year	Quantity withdrawn	Locomotive numbers
1947	20	3	3487, 3490, 3492
1948	17	2	3489/94
1949	15	0	–
1950	15	1	63491
1951	14	10	63475/77–81/83/85–86/93
1952	4	4	63476/82/84/88

References

Boddy, M. G.; Brown, W. A.; Neve, E.; Yeadon, W. B. (November 1983). Fry, E. V. (ed.). Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., Part 6B: Tender Engines—Classes O1 to P2. Kenilworth: RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-54-1.

External links

LNER encyclopedia

Epstein Files Full PDF

History

British Railways

References

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