British Railway's Standard Class 6 4-6-2 Clan

 Built 1952-5?. Designed by Riddles??. Total Number Built - 10.
Introduced 1952. Designed at Derby. Classification 6P5F.

Number Series 72000-72009.

Built at British Railway's ??? Works.

BR did not allocate Lot Nos.

The ten locos in the class were split between two sheds. 72000-72004 were allocated to Polmadie (Glasgow) Shed, while 72005-72009 were allocated to Carlisle Kingmoor Shed.

The first locomotives withdrawn were the Polmadie locos 72000-72004 en masse in December 1962. Of the Kingmoor locos, 72005 was withdrawn in April 1965, 72009 in August 1965, 72007 in December 1965, 72008 in April 1966 and the final loco (see picture below), 72006 in May 1966.

Unless stated otherwise, Photographs in this section are © copyright of Milburn Associates.

[72006] [JPEG Image of 72006 size 25K]

BR Standard Class 6 4-6-2 72006Clan Mackenzie stands in the evening mist at the rear of Carlisle Kingmoor Shed after being Withdrawn.

Motive Power Details - BR Class 6 Clan 4-6-2

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


Class  Region     Wheels       Class Name            Designer
CLAN  Standard    4-6-2        Clan

Weight:
Loco  86 tons 19 cwt            Driving Wheel: 6' 2"
Tend  49 tons  3 cwt BR1  4,200 gallons, 7 tons coal
                                Boil Press: 225lb/sq in Su
Cylinders:                      Valve Gear: Walschaerts (piston valves)
Two 19«" x 28" (outside)        TE: 27,520 lb

 Number   Name
 72000    Clan Buchanan
 72001    Clan Cameron
 72002    Clan Campbell
 72003    Clan Fraser
 72004    Clan Macdonald
 72005    Clan Macgregor
 72006    Clan Mackenzie
 72007    Clan Mackingtosh
 72008    Clan Macleod
 72009    Clan Stewart
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Last revised: 24 March 1999