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Mr. J. Ramsbottom
1858 — DX Goods
1863 — 4ft Shunter
1870 — Special Tank
Mr. F.W. Webb
1873 — 17in Coal Engine
1880 — 18in Goods
1881 — Special DX
1881 — Coal Tanks
1893 — ‘A’ class
1894 — Crane Tank
1896 — Dock Tank
1901 — ‘B’ class
1903 — 1400 Class
Mr. G. Whale
1904 — ‘C’ class
1904 — ‘E’ class
1906 — ‘D’ class
1906 — ‘F’ class
1906 — ‘G’ class
1912 — ‘G1’ class
1906 — 19in Express Goods
Mr. C.J. Bowen Cooke
1911 — 1185 class
Capt. H.P.M. Beames
1923 — 380 class
Ex GCR
1919 — ‘MM’ class
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‘B’ class
Vital Statistics |
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| Official Name |
‘B’ class |
| Nickname |
? |
| Water & Coal Storage |
Tender |
| Water Capacity |
1,800 gallon |
| Coal Capacity |
? tons |
| Wheel Arrangement |
0-8-0 |
| Driven Wheels |
Eight 4ft 5½in wheels
3rd pair flangeless |
| Carrying Wheels |
none |
| Wheelbase |
5ft 9in + 5ft 9in + 5ft 9in |
| Total Wheelbase |
17ft 3in |
| Boiler |
4ft 5in diameter; 15ft 6in long |
| Boiler Pressure |
200 psi |
| Grate Area |
20.8 sq.ft. |
| Tubes |
249 |
| Total Heating Area |
1,753 sq.ft. |
High Pressure
Cylinders |
Two outside 15in diameter; 24in stroke |
Low Pressure
Cylinders |
Two inside 20½in diameter; 24in stroke |
| Weight in full working order |
53 tons 10 cwt |
| Designer |
Mr. F.W. Webb |
| Number in Class |
170 |
| Lifetime |
1901—1932 |
By 1901 the ‘A’ class  was succeeded by another compound,
the ‘B’ class, being a 4-cylinder design with a
boiler 5in larger in diameter and pressed a further 25 psi higher
to 200 psi. But the bulbous “piano” front covering the
rocking arms driving the valves for the outside cylinders could never
be elegant and made the design a visual disaster. The weight of
cylinders and valve gear at the front was not adequately supported,
and was a ‘heavy’ front end. All were later rebuilt,
mostly to ‘G1’ class .
View the Genealogy of the 0-8-0 Design.
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