NSR H class

NSR H Class

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	John Henry Adams
Builder	NSR Stoke works
Build date	1910-11
Total produced	4

Specifications
Configuration	0-6-0
UIC class	C
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	5 ft 0 in (1,524 mm)
Wheelbase	16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)
Length	27 ft 9.25 in (8.46 m)
Height	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Loco weight	42 long tons 17 cwt (96,000 lb or 43.5 t) full
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	5 long tons 0 cwt (11,200 lb or 5.1 t)
Water cap	3,200 imp gal (15,000 l; 3,800 US gal)
Firebox: • Firegrate area	17.8 sq ft (1.65 m²)
Boiler pressure	175 psi (1.21 MPa)
Heating surface: • Tubes and flues	1,011.7 sq ft (93.99 m²)
• Firebox	108.3 sq ft (10.06 m²)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	18 ¹⁄₂ in × 26 in (470 mm × 660 mm)

Career
Operators	North Staffordshire Railway London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Class	NSR: H Class
Power class	3F
Number in class	4
Retired	November 1929 – January 1930
Disposition	All 4 scrapped

The North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) H Class was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed by John H. Adams, third son of William Adams. They were designed to replace aging 0-6-0 locomotives on NSR long distance goods and coal trains both on and off the NR network thanks to the NSR's extensive running powers. 4 were built in December 1909 all at the company's Stoke railway works. The whole class was withdrawn by the beginning of 1930, owing to the small nature of the class.^[1] This small class of four was supplemented by an additional modified 4, designated H1 class.

The only modification to the class during LMS days was regarding the safety valves, the original Ramsbottom ones being replaced by Ross-pop type. ^[1]

The Livery of the H Class was the NSR's Madder lake with straw lining, and NORTH STAFFORD lettering on the tender along with the company crest. The number appeared on the cabside. In LMS days they received the standard plain black freight livery with large numerals on the tender. They were renumbered twice in LMS ownership; once, upon grouping, in the 23xx series, and again in 1928 to make way for the LMS Fowler 2-6-4T being built at the time, to Nos. 8681 to 8684.^[1]

List of Locomotives

NSR number	Built	First LMS number	Second LMS number	Withdrawn
84	December 1909	2359	8681	January 1930
85	December 1909	2360	8682	May 1929
88	December 1909	2361	8683	May 1928
169	December 1909	2362	8684	November 1928

References

1 2 3 Hopkins, Ken (1986). North Staffordshire Locomotives:An Illustrated History. Burton on Trent: Trent Valley Publications. p. 62. ISBN 0-948131-14-4.

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