LD&ECR Class C

LD&ECR class C
LNER Class G3

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Kitson & Co.
Builder	Kitson & Co.
Serial number	3658–61, 3867–68
Build date	1897–98
Total produced	6

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	0-4-4T
• UIC	B2′ n2t
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	4 ft 6 in (1.372 m)
Trailing dia.	3 ft 0 in (0.914 m)
Length	30 ft 0.75 in (9.163 m)
Loco weight	50 long tons 0 cwt (112,000 lb or 50.8 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	2 long tons 0 cwt (4,500 lb or 2 t)
Water cap.	1,300 imp gal (5,900 L; 1,600 US gal)
Boiler pressure	160 lbf/in² (1.10 MPa)
Heating surface	961 sq ft (89.3 m²)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	17 in ×ばつ 24 in (432 mm ×ばつ 610 mm)

Performance figures
Tractive effort	14,292 lbf (63.57 kN)

Career
Operators	Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway → Great Central Railway → London and North Eastern Railway
Class	LD&ECR: C LNER: G3
Numbers	LD&ECR: 13–18 GCR: 1169, 1148B–1152B (1169 → 1169B in 1917) LNER: 6407–6402
Withdrawn	1931–1935
Disposition	All scrapped

The LD&ECR class C (LNER Class G3) was a class of 0-4-4T steam locomotives of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway.

Six were built in 1897–98.^[1] They were the LD&ECR's only true passenger locomotives. They normally ran between Chesterfield Market Place and Lincoln and occasionally to the Midland Railway station in Sheffield. In later years five moved to the Sheffield area, with one transferring to Ardsley

All were scrapped between 1931 and 1935.^[2]

References

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^ Dow 1965, p. 374.
^ "The G3 (GCR Class C) 0-4-4T Locomotives". The London & North Eastern Railway Encyclopedia.

Sources

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Baxter, Bertram (1988). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 5B: Great Northern Railway and Great Central Railway. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-903485-86-9.
Dow, George (1965). Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900–1922. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0263-0. OCLC 500447049.