Oxford Rail BR Early (plain black) 65767 0-6-0 Class J26

BR Early (plain black) 65767 0-6-0 Class J26

Includes:

- Representation of later J26

- British Railways Plain Black with Early Crest

- Running number 65767

- Cab detail

- Handrail detail

- Accurate NER tender and railing detail

- 21 Pin DCC Socket

- All wheel pickup

- Accessory bag includes (fire rake, fire irons, Hammers, etc) 

- NEM coupling and pockets

- Dummy 3 link couplings

- OO Scale 

Locomotive information:

By 1901, the North Eastern Railway already had an impressive fleet of 0-6-0 goods tender engines. However the need for a stronger locomotive was required and between 1904 and 1905, fifty of the new NER P2 (to be LNER J26) were turned out between Darlington (thirty built )and Gateshead Locomotive works (Twenty). 

The first J26 locomotives were fitted with a 220psi boiler with later examples having this reduced to 180psi. Compared to the previous class of NER locomotives, The J25, the firebox was 1ft longer, and the boiler diameter was increased 15in. This new firebox could no longer fit between the rear wheel set like previous designs, so a sloping fire grate was fitted, and the frames were extended.

Later modifications on the J26 would be incorporated into the next NER class, the J27 (a more powerful version of the J26). The major difference to identify a J26 from a J27 is the cab front round windows. The later J27 class and larger Q6 goods engines having a bigger profile window.

The J26 class carried one type of boiler derived from the diagrams 57 and 57A saturated and superheated boilers. However, unlike the later J27, the J26 class only received the saturated variant.

The J26 were not fitted with vacuum pipes and systems, so could never be used on passenger turns. A powerful freight hauler, the class was spread across the old NER system for operating heavy goods and coal trains, with the biggest concentration at York Shed. 

During WW2, the entire class was confined mainly to Tees area and working from the local sheds. After the war and into British Railways ownership, the class eventually moved up to Thornaby depot and worked local goods and trip workings. It was at this time that mass scrapping and withdrawals took place and by mid 1962, the class became extinct. One of the last working examples was seen on the Weardale Railway (Bishop Auckland to Wearhead), no 65735 working local turns around Stanhope. 

None have survived into preservation, however the later J27 class is still with us on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway to be seen working. 

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