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LNER Class J94

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{{Infobox Locomotive

|name = LNER Class J94
ex-WD Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST

| image = Harringay West, with ex-WD 0-6-0T geograph-2890663-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

| caption = Up freight at Harringay West, with ex-WD {{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}, ex-LNER Class J94

|powertype = Steam

|designer =

|builddate = Purchased in 1946

|builder = Hunslet Engine Company

|totalproduction = 75

|whytetype = {{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|uicclass = Cn t

|gauge = {{track gauge|uksg|allk=on}}

|driverdiameter = {{convert|4|ft|3|in|3|abbr=on}}

|wheelbase = {{convert|11|ft|0|in|abbr=on}}

|minimumcurve = {{convert|180|ft|2|abbr=on}}

|length = {{convert|30|ft|4|in|abbr=on}}

|axleload = {{convert|13.35|LT|t ST|abbr=on}}

|locoweight = {{convert|48.25|LT|t ST|abbr=on}}

|fueltype = Coal

|fuelcap = {{convert|2.25|LT|t ST|abbr=on}}

|watercap = {{convert|1200|impgal|abbr=on}}

|boiler = Round top outer firebox, 181 tubes, copper or steel inner firebox

|boilerpressure = {{convert|170|psi|MPa|2|abbr=on|lk=on}}

|firearea = {{convert|16.8|sqft|abbr=on}}

|fireboxarea = {{convert|88|sqft|abbr=on}}

|tubearea = {{convert|873|sqft|abbr=on}}

|superheatertype = None

|cylindercount = Two, inside

|cylindersize = {{convert|18|x|26|in|0|abbr=on}}

|valvegear = Stephenson

|valvetype = Slide valves

|tractiveeffort = {{convert|23870|lbf|kN|2|abbr=on|lk=on}}

|powerclass = BR: 4F

|nicknames = Austerity

|retiredate = 1959–1967

|disposition = Two preserved, remainder scrapped

}}

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) J94 Class is a class of steam locomotive that was formed when 75 former "Austerity" 0-6-0STs were purchased by the LNER in 1946 from the War Department.

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Overview

The LNER had trials with one in November 1945 and bought 75 of them in 1946, numbering them 8006-80. All entered British Railways (BR) service in 1948. BR added 60000 to their numbers so they became 68006-80, and classified them 4F.

They were used for shunting in docks, and other similar work where their short wheelbase meant they could negotiate sharp curves. They were used on the Cromford and High Peak Railway in Derbyshire, where they displaced the ex-North London Railway Class 75 class 2F {{whyte|0-6-0|T}}s.

They were withdrawn between 1959 and 1967. A few were sold into industrial use with the National Coal Board (who had several other Austerities) and others.

Stock list

class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"

!colspan=3|Numbers

!rowspan=2|Builder

!rowspan=2|Date built

!rowspan=2|Withdrawn

!rowspan=2|Notes

LNER

!BR

!WD

8006

|68006

|5094, 75094

|Hudswell Clarke

|1944

|1967

|Used on C&HPR

8007

|68007

|5097, 75097

|Hudswell Clarke

|1944

|1962

|

8008

|68008

|5101, 75101

|Hunslet

|1944

|1963

|

8009

|68009

|5108, 75108

|Hunslet

|1944

|1962

|

8010

|68010

|5117, 75117

|Hunslet

|1944

|1965

|

8011

|68011

|5119, 75119

|Hunslet

|1944

|1965

|

8012

|68012

|5124, 75124

|Hunslet

|1944

|1967

|Used on C&HPR

8013

|68013

|5125, 75125

|Hunslet

|1944

|1965

|

8014

|68014

|5134, 75134

|Hunslet

|1944

|1964

|

8015

|68015

|75139

|Hunslet

|1944

|1963

|

8016

|68016

|75148

|Hunslet

|1944

|1964

|

8017

|68017

|75149

|Hunslet

|1944

|1962

|

8018

|68018

|5150, 75150

|Bagnall

|1944

|1962

|

8019

|68019

|5153, 75153

|Bagnall

|1944

|1964

|

8020

|68020

|75164

|Bagnall

|1944

|1963

|Sold to NCB

8021

|68021

|5183, 75183

|Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns

|1944

|1963

|

8022

|68022

|5184, 75184

|Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne

|1944

|1960

|

8023

|68023

|5190, 75190

|Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne

|1944

|1965

|

8024

|68024

|71509

|Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne

|1944

|1964

|

8025

|68025

|71498

|Hudswell Clarke

|1944

|1967

|

8026

|68026

|71506

|Hudswell Clarke

|1945

|1961

|

8027

|68027

|71440

|Hunslet

|1945

|1960

|

8028

|68028

|71440

|Hunslet

|1945

|1963

|

8029

|68029

|71451

|Hunslet

|1945

|1963

|

8030

|68030

|71440

|Hunslet

|1945

|1962

|

8031

|68031

|75272

|Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne

|1945

|1963

|

8032

|68032

|75281

|Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne

|1945

|1964

|

8033

|68033

|75287

|Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne

|1945

|1963

|Sold into industrial use

8034

|68034

|75297

|Vulcan Foundry

|1945

|1962

|

8035

|68035

|75320

|Vulcan Foundry

|1945

|1963

|

8036

|68036

|75321

|Vulcan Foundry

|1945

|1964

|

8037

|68037

|75322

|Vulcan Foundry

|1945

|1965

|

8038

|68038

|75323

|Vulcan Foundry

|1945

|1963

|

8039

|68039

|75324

|Vulcan Foundry

|1945

|1963

|

8040

|68040

|75325

|Vulcan Foundry

|1945

|1963

|

8041

|68041

|75326

|Vulcan Foundry

|1945

|1963

|

8042

|68042

|75327

|Vulcan Foundry

|1945

|1963

|

8043

|68043

|75328

|Vulcan Foundry

|1945

|1965

|

8044

|68044

|75329

|Vulcan Foundry

|1945

|1962

|

8045

|68045

|75330

|Vulcan Foundry

|1945

|1963

|

8046

|68046

|75331

|Vulcan Foundry

|1945

|1964

|

8047

|68047

|75258

|Bagnall

|1945

|1965

|

8048

|68048

|75259

|Bagnall

|1945

|1962

|

8049

|68049

|75260

|Bagnall

|1945

|1963

|

8050

|68050

|75261

|Bagnall

|1945

|1964

|Sold to NCB

8051

|68051

|75262

|Bagnall

|1945

|1964

|

8052

|68052

|75263

|Bagnall

|1945

|1962

|

8053

|68053

|75265

|Bagnall

|1945

|1965

|

8054

|68054

|75266

|Bagnall

|1945

|1964

|

8055

|68055

|75267

|Bagnall

|1945

|1963

|

8056

|68056

|75268

|Bagnall

|1945

|1963

|

8057

|68057

|75269

|Bagnall

|1945

|1962

|

8058

|68058

|75270

|Bagnall

|1945

|1962

|

8059

|68059

|75271

|Bagnall

|1945

|1963

|

8060

|68060

|71467

|Hudswell Clarke

|1945

|1965

|

8061

|68061

|71468

|Hudswell Clarke

|1945

|1963

|

8062

|68062

|71468

|Hudswell Clarke

|1945

|1965

|

8063

|68063

|71469

|Hudswell Clarke

|1945

|1962

|

8063

|68063

|71480

|Hudswell Clarke

|1945

|1962

|

8064

|68064

|71471

|Hudswell Clarke

|1945

|1962

|

8065

|68065

|71473

|Hudswell Clarke

|1945

|1962

|

8066

|68066

|71474

|Hudswell Clarke

|1945

|1962

|

8067

|68067

|71475

|Hudswell Clarke

|1945

|1963

|Sold to NCB

8068

|68068

|71476

|Hudswell Clarke

|1946

|1965

|

8069

|68069

|71477

|Hudswell Clarke

|1946

|1962

|

8070

|68070

|71486

|Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne

|1945

|1963

|Sold for Industrial use

8071

|68071

|71532

|Barclay

|1945

|1963

|

8072

|68072

|71533

|Barclay

|1945

|1960

|

8073

|68073

|71534

|Barclay

|1945

|1961

|

8074

|68074

|71535

|Barclay

|1945

|1962

|

8075

|68075

|(71536)

|Barclay

|1945

|1962

|

8076

|68076

|(71462)

|Barclay

|1946

|1960

|

8077

|68077

|(71466)

|Barclay

|1946

|1962

|Sold to NCB; Preserved on K&WVR

8078

|68078

|(71463)

|Barclay

|1946

|1963

|Sold to Derek Crouch Ltd; Preserved

8079

|68079

|(71464)

|Barclay

|1946

|1966

|

8080

|68080

|(71465)

|Barclay

|1946

|1961

|

Preservation

{{more|List of preserved Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST locomotives}}

Two, BR Nos 68077 and 68078 and have been preserved. In addition a large number of Austerities that were used in industry and have survived to preservation. Several of these have been disguised as BR locomotives. Enthusiasts often refer to them by the nickname of "Buckets".{{sfn|Nock|2009|p=87}}

= LNER/BR J94s =

class=wikitable
colspan=2| Numbers

!rowspan=2| Location

!rowspan=2| Condition

LNER

! BR

8077

|68077

|Spa Valley Railway

| Undergoing overhaul{{cite web| url=http://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk/SpaJ94_05.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303191146/http://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk/SpaJ94_05.htm| archive-date=3 March 2012| title=LNER J94 No. 68077| website=Spa Valley Railway| date=6 September 2006| first=M.| last=Dives}}

8078

|68078

|Private site in Kent

|Under restoration

= Locomotives disguised as J94s =

class=wikitable

!colspan=2| Numbers

!rowspan=2| Builder

!rowspan=2| Works No.

!rowspan=2| Date

LNER

!BR

68005RSH71691945
68006Hunslet31921944
68009Hunslet38251954
68012W.G.Bagnall27461944
68012Hunslet3193/38871944
68030Hunslet37771952
68067Hudswell Clarke17521943
68072Vulcan53091945
68081Hunslet28551943

Models

The erstwhile Rosebud Kitmaster company produced an unpowered polystyrene injection moulded model kit for 00 gauge, which went on sale in Spring 1961. In early 1963, the Kitmaster brand was sold by its parent company (Rosebud Dolls) to Airfix, who transferred the moulding tools to their own factory; they re-introduced some of the former Kitmaster range, including this locomotive. The tool (for this model) was destroyed in a fire at the premises of Dapol Model Railways Ltd in Winsford, Cheshire so that Dapol were unable to produce further kits after their first two production runs totalling 4000 kits after acquisition of the former Airfix moulds.{{cite book

|last=Knight |first=Stephen

|title=Let's Stick Together: An Appreciation of Kitmaster and Airfix Railway Kits

|year=1999

|publisher=Irwell Press |location=Clopthill

|isbn=1-871608-90-2

}}{{page needed|date=December 2016}}

References

{{reflist}}

{{refbegin}}

  • {{cite book| title=Continent, Coalfield and Conservation - The Biographical History of the British Army Austerity 0-6-0 Saddle Tank| first1=A.P.| last1=Lambert| first2=J.C.| last2=Woods| isbn=0-901096-63-6}}
  • {{cite book| title=Locomotives Illustrated No.61 - The Hunslet 'Austerity' 0-6-0STs| publisher=Ian Allan Ltd| year=1988}} (Introduction by Don Townsley)
  • {{cite book |last=Nock|first=O.S.|author-link= |date=2009 |title=British Steam Railways |publisher=Bounty Books |isbn=978-0753717851 }}
  • {{cite book| first=Willie| last=Yeadon| author-link=Willie Yeadon| title=Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.15: Classes J94, O6, and O7 the engines from the years of expediency| publisher=Challenger| year=1999}}

{{refend}}

External links

{{commons category|LNER Class J94}}

  • [http://www.lner.info/locos/J/j94.shtml The Riddles J94 (WD Austerity) 0-6-0ST Locomotives] LNER Encyclopedia
  • [http://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=J94 Class J94 Details] at Rail UK

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Category:Shunting locomotives