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NER/LNER Raven "B16" Class 4-6-0
General
| Designer |
Sir Vincent Raven |
| Introduced |
1919 |
| Pre-Grouping Company |
North Eastern Railway |
| Grouping Company |
London and North Eastern Railway |
| Description (1957) |
Classes B16, B16/2, B16/3. North Eastern 3-cylinder mixed traffic 4-6-0's, built 1919-24 with 5'8" wheels. Originally a class of 70 engines, one of which was destroyed in an air raid, but the remainder were still running in 1956. In 1949 the first ten were renumbered 61469-61478 in consequence of the construction of further B1's, by which time class B9 had become extinct. Classes B16/2 and B16/3 are rebuilds of class B16 with Walschaert's gear and higher running plates. Twenty-four of the class have been rebuilt in this form. The earlier rebuilds, dating from 1937, have Gresley's double Walschaert gear and derived motion from the inside cylinder. Those altered by Thompson from 1944 onwards have three independent Walschaert gears. |
| Wheel Arrangement |
4-6-0 |
| Number Built as B16 |
70 |
| First in Service |
12/1919 |
| Last in Service |
21/07/1964 |
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