NBR (LNER J88) 0-6-0T
Reid designed his Class F (LNER J88) 0-6-0T locomotives for dock shunting duties on the North British Railway (NBR) in 1904. After the tenure of Drummond, the J88s introduced a number of notable differences, including right hand drive, outside cylinders, and the lack of smokebox wing plates. The J88 proved to be a successful design, and the NBR adopted the class as their standard light shunting locomotive. With only small modifications, a total of thirty five were built between 1904 and 1919 in five batches. The J88s were typically allocated to sheds which were responsible for dock workings. They were also used for the shunting of industrial sidings in the industrial Lowlands, where sharp curves and short shunting heads were common. Unusually, they tended to work more trip workings as they aged. Their allocations rarely changed and in 1935 was: St. Margaret's (9), Eastfield (8), Thornton (7), Kipps (4), Polmont (3), Stirling (2), and Haymarket (2). The entire class survived into Nationalisation (1948). The first withdrawal was No. 68341 which was scrapped in November 1954 after falling into Kirkcaldy harbour. This appears to have happened after it lost control on a steep bank, whilst trying to pull a nineteen wagon train of wood (twelve was the permitted length). With the introduction of large numbers of diesel shunters during the 1950s, regular withdrawals started only a year later in 1955. The class became extinct in December 1963. seen here was built in June 1912, renumbered 9121 and then 8344 by the LNER and withdrawn in January 1962 as BR 68344
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