LNER Class J39 0-6-0

Built 1926-xx. Designed by
Sir Nigel Gresley. Total Number Built - 289.
Introduced 1926.

Number Series 64700-64988.

Sub Classes:

J39/1 - 64700-64771, 64774-64783, 64796-64819, 64823-64837, 64846-64854, 64860-64871, 64933-64944.
J39/2 - 64772, 64784-64795, 64820-64822, 64838-64841, 64872-64925, 64927-64932, 64945-64970.
J39/3 - 64842-64845, 64855-64859, 64926, 64971-64988.

Previous Numbers...

Built at London & North Eastern Railway's Doncaster Works.

No Lot Nos. yet available.

Withdrawal


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[Class J39 64895] [JPEG Image of 64895 size 22K]

LNER Class J39 64895 with connecting rods removed at the side of Carlisle Canal shed in 1961.


Motive Power Details - LNER Class J39

Data taken from the PC TOPS Steam Locomotive Database System by Milburn Associates


Class      Wheels            Class Name             Designer
Class J39  0-6-0                                    Designer Gresley        

J39/1 Fitted with LNER standard 3,500 gallon tender.
J39/2 Fitted with LNER standard 4,200 gallon tender.  
J39/3 Fitted with various NER tenders: 

3,900 gallon on 64842-45; 4,125 gallon on 64855-59; plus others.

Weight:
Loco  57 tons 17 cwt            Driving Wheel: 5' 2"
J39/1 Tender  44 tons  4 cwt    Boil Press: 180lb/sq in Su
J39/2 Tender  52 tons  0 cwt
J39/3 Tender Various Weights
Cylinders:                      Valve Gear: Stephenson (piston valves)
Two 20" x 26" (inside)          TE: 25,665 lb


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Last revised: 18 February 1999