The H&BR Class G3 (
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Class J75) was a class of
steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...
s of the
Hull and Barnsley Railway (H&BR). The H&BR became part of the
North Eastern Railway (NER) in 1922 and the NER became part of the
London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the " Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated from 1 January 1923 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948. At th ...
(LNER) in 1923.
Rebuilding
The locomotives were built with domeless
boilers
A boiler is a closed vessel in which fluid (generally water) is heated. The fluid does not necessarily boil. The heated or vaporized fluid exits the boiler for use in various processes or heating applications, including water heating, central h ...
working at 150 psi. Starting in 1922, 14 of the 16 were rebuilt with
domed boilers working at 175 psi.
Withdrawal
They were withdrawn between 1937 and 1949. One locomotive survived into
British Railways
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...
(BR) ownership in 1948 and was given the BR number 68365.
None were preserved.
References
M3
0-6-0T locomotives
Kitson locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1901
Scrapped locomotives
YEC locomotives
Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain
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