Locomotive Class List 1846-1923
Notes
This list utilises a classification system based on that used by the LNER, in which the leading letter relates to the locomotive’s wheel arrangement. The class designations of ex-NBR engines which survived into LNER ownership have been retained, with the addition of leading zeros to give a standard four character code.
The list is sub-divided into groups depending on whether the engine survived the grouping, was built by the NBR and withdrawn before Grouping, or had been absorbed by the NBR through amalgamation, etc.
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0 Locomotives transferred to LNER at the Grouping
Class | Built | Details |
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C010 | 1911 | 4-4-2 ‘Atlantic’ tender engines initially for express services on the Edinburgh - Carlisle & Perth routes. 6 engines built by R. Stephenson & Co in 1911. NBR nos 901-906. |
C011 | 1906 | 4-4-2 ‘Atlantic’ tender engines for express services on the NBR’s principal main lines. 16 engines in total built by N.B. Loco Co. 14 in 1906 (NBR nos 868-881) and a further 2 engines in 1921 (NBR nos 509 & 510). |
C015 | 1911 | 4-4-2 saturated tank engines for suburban services around Edinburgh & Glasgow and main line stopping services. 30 engines in total built by Yorkshire Engine Co, between 1911 & 1913. NBR nos 1-6, 12, 15, 16, 25, 26, 39, 41, 43, 48, 51, 53, 64, 102, 122, 131, 133, 134, 135, 141, 155, 164, 265, 267, 309. |
C016 | 1915 | 4-4-2 superheated tank engines for suburban services around Edinburgh & Glasgow and main line stopping services. 21 engines in total built by North British Loco Co, between 1915 & 1921. NBR nos 438-452 (built 1915-16) & 511-516 (built 1921). |
D025 | 1886 | 4-4-0 tender engines built for Aberdeen and Edinburgh - Glasgow express services. 12 engines in total built by the NBR at Cowlairs between 1886 & 1888. NBR nos 592-597 and 598-603. |
D026 | 1903 | 4-4-0 tender engines built for Edinburgh - Aberdeen and Edinburgh - Carlisle express services. 12 engines in total built by the NBR at Cowlairs in 1903. NBR nos 317-328. |
D027 | 1877 | 4-4-0 tender engines built for Waverley route express services. 6 engines in total, of which 5 engines were built by Neilson & Co. in 1877-78 and the remaining 1 built at Cowlairs 1879. NBR nos 476, 478 , 479, 488 & 489 (Neilson) and 490 (Cowlairs). These engines were part of an original class of 12, known as the ‘Abbotsford’ class (see also class D028) and were all rebuilt in 1902. |
D028 | 1877 | 4-4-0 tender engines built for Waverley route express services and Aberdeen - Burntisland expresses. 6 engines in total, of which 1 engine was built by Neilson & Co. in 1877, followed by 2 in 1878 and the remaining 3 built at Cowlairs 1878-1879. NBR nos 477, 486 & 487 (Neilson) and 491, 492 & 493 (Cowlairs). These engines were part of an original class of 12, known as the ‘Abbotsford’ class (see also class D027) and were all rebuilt in 1904. |
D029 | 1909 | 4-4-0 saturated tender engines for express services on the Edinburgh - Carlisle, Aberdeen, Perth & Glasgow main lines. 16 engines in total, of which 6 engines were built by North British Loco Co. in 1909 and the remaining 10 built at Cowlairs in 1911. NBR nos 895-900 (NB Loco) and 243-245, 338-340 & 359-362 (Cowlairs). Known as the ‘Scott’ class, all engines were given names associated with Sir Walter Scott. (see also class D030) |
D030 | 1912 | 4-4-0 superheated tender engines for express services on the Edinburgh - Carlisle, Aberdeen, Perth & Glasgow main lines. 27 engines in total were built at Cowlairs during the period 1912-1920. NBR nos 363 & 400 (built 1912), 409-423 (built 1914), 424-428 (built 1915) and 497-501 (built 1920). Known as the ‘Scott’ class, all engines were given names associated with Sir Walter Scott. (see also class D029) |
D031 | 1884 | 4-4-0 tender engines for express services on the Edinburgh - Aberdeen, Berwick, Carlisle, Perth & Glasgow main lines. 48 engines in total were built at Cowlairs during the period 1884-1899. Popularly known in NBR days as either ‘574‘, ‘633’ or ‘729’ class. NBR nos 574-579 (‘574’ class); 633-642, 36, 37, 262, 293, 312, 404, 211, 212, 213-218 (‘633’ class); 729-740 & 765-770 (‘729’ class). |
D032 | 1906 | 4-4-0 tender engines for fast fitted goods services and mixed traffic duties. 12 engines in total were built at Cowlairs during the period 1906-1907. Popularly known as ‘Intermediates’. NBR nos 882-893. (See also class D033) |
D033 | 1909 | 4-4-0 tender engines for mixed traffic duties. 12 engines in total were built at Cowlairs during the period 1909-1910. Popularly known as ‘Intermediates’ they were a mixed traffic version of the original ‘Scott’ class (see class D029) . NBR nos 331-333, 382-385, 864-867, and 894 (See also class D032). |
D034 | 1913 | 4-4-0 superheated tender engines for mixed traffic duties, including West Highland and stopping passenger services. 32 engines in total were built at Cowlairs during the period 1913-1920. Popularly known as ‘Glens’, they were all named after Scottish glens . NBR nos 34, 35, 100, 149, 153, 221, 241, 242, 256, 258, 266, 270, 278, 281, 287, 291, 298, 307, 405-408, 490, 492-496 & 502-505. |
D035 | 1894 | 4-4-0 tender engines for service on the West Highland Railway. 23 engines of this class were built at Cowlairs during the period 1894-1896 and were the major part of an original class of 24 engines built for the WHR. Popularly known as ‘West Highland Bogies‘, none of these engines were ever rebuilt. NBR nos 55, 227, 231, 232, 341-346, 394, 395, 693, 694, & 696-704 (See also class D036). |
D036 | 1894 | 4-4-0 tender engine for service on the West Highland Railway. 1 engine of this class was built at Cowlairs in 1894 and was a part of an original class of 24 engines built for the WHR. Popularly known as a ‘West Highland Bogie’, this was the only engine out of the original 24 to be rebuilt. NBR no 695. (See also class D035) |
D050 | 1879 | 4-4-0 tank engines for passenger services on the Glasgow-Helensburgh line. 3 engines were built by Neilson & Co in 1879. NBR nos 494-496. |
D051 | 1880 | 4-4-0 tank engines for suburban and country branch line passenger services. 30 engines were built at Cowlairs during the period 1880-1884. NBR nos 19, 33, 52, 60, 67, 72-79, 98, 99, 101, 103-105, 109-111, 147, 174, 225, 268, 294, 299, 316 & 483. |
E007 | 1873 | 2-4-0 tender engines for local passenger services. 8 engines were built at Cowlairs in 1873. NBR nos 418, 419 & 424-429. |
G007 | 1886 | 0-4-4 tank engines for local passenger services in the Glasgow area and North Berwick branch. 12 engines, in two batches, were built at Cowlairs in 1886 & 1889. NBR nos 586-591 (built 1886) and 90-95 (built 1889). |
G008 | 1877 | 0-4-2 tank engines for passenger services on the Glasgow - Helensburgh line. 6 engines were built at Cowlairs in 1877. They were converted to the 0-4-4 wheel arrangement within 5 years of building. NBR nos 88, 89, 157, 167, 314 & 480. |
G009 | 1909 | 0-4-4 tank engines for local branch passenger and main line stopping services. 12 engines were built by the North British Loco Co. in 1909. NBR nos 239, 334, 349-356, 474 & 475. |
J031 | 1867 | 0-6-0 tender engines for goods and mineral traffic. 88 engines in total were built by outside contractors and at Cowlairs between 1867 & 1875. NBR nos 396-401 (Neilson & Co, 1867); 376-381 (Neilson & Co, 1868); 7, 57, 335-340, 359-363, 400 (Dubs & Co, 1868-9); 114-122, 243-246 (Cowlairs 1869-70); 12, 48, 53, 124, 126, 127, 129, 219, 257, 267, 309 (Cowlairs, 1871); 16, 26, 64, 102, 133, 266, 307, 407-417 (Cowlairs, 1872); 47, 54, 61, 65, 69-71, 276, 450-452 (Cowlairs, 1874); 23, 31, 142, 275, 283, 285, 291, 298 & 453 (Cowlairs, 1875). |
J032 | 1876 | 0-6-0 tender engines for main line goods traffic. 32 engines in total were built at Cowlairs and by Neilson & Co between 1876 & 1877. NBR nos 100, 139, 153, 242, 270, 278, 281, 287, 292, 304, 305, 315 (Cowlairs) & 454-473 (Neilson). |
J033 | 1883 | 0-6-0 tender engines for secondary main line goods traffic. 36 engines in total were built at Cowlairs between 1883 & 1887. Similar to those built by Drummond (see class J034). NBR nos 566-573, 112, 150, 178, 484 (built 1883-4); 580-585 (built 1884); 80-83, 85, 148 (built 1885); 21, 24, 137, 140, 160, 170 (built 1885-6); 156, 159, 168, 169, 249 & 269 (built 1887). |
J034 | 1879 | 0-6-0 tender engines for general goods traffic on all parts of the system. 101 engines in total were built Dubs & Co. and at Cowlairs between 1879 & 1883. Holmes continued to build a similar type (see class J033). NBR nos 497-501 (Dubs, 1879); 34, 35, 87, 277, 279, 288-290, 296, 300-303, 306, 401-403 (Cowlairs, 1879); 46, 84, 171, 175, 272, 273, 506-509, 510-517 (Cowlairs, 1880); 128, 143, 518-533 (Cowlairs, 1881); 27, 28, 30, 125, 163, 184, 534-545, 548-553 (Cowlairs, 1882); 18, 138, 271, 286, 311, 481, 482 & 554-565 (Cowlairs, 1883). |
J035 | 1906 | 0-6-0 tender engines for long distance main line goods traffic. 76 engines in total were built by North British Loco Co. and at Cowlairs between 1906 & 1913. NBR nos 848-857 (NBL, 1906); 329, 330 (Cowlairs, 1906); 185-190 (Cowlairs, 1908); 191-196 (Cowlairs, 1908-9); 197-206, 364-373 (NBL, 1909); 207, 208, 374-381 (NBL, 1910); 38, 56-59, 115, 120, 335-337, 347, 348 (Cowlairs, 1910-11); 220, 226, 228, 253, 254 (Cowlairs, 1912); 86, 124, 126, 127 & 129 (Cowlairs, 1913). |
J036 | 1888 | 0-6-0 tender engines for long distance main line goods traffic. 168 engines in total were built at Cowlairs and by outside contractors between 1888 & 1900. NBR nos 604-609 (Cowlairs, 1888); 613-622, 145, 172 (Cowlairs, 1889); 623-632, 173, 176 (Cowlairs, 1890); 643-654, 655-660, 661, 662, 179, 45, 68, 183 (Cowlairs, 1891); 663-677 (Neilson & Co, 1891); 678-692 (Sharp, Stewart & Co, 1892); 247, 248, 357, 358, 611, 612 (Cowlairs, 1892); 177, 180, 181, 182, 250, 280 (Cowlairs, 1893); 705-716 (Cowlairs, 1896); 717-728 (Cowlairs, 1897); 741-752 (Cowlairs, 1898); 753-764 (Cowlairs, 1899); 771-794 (Cowlairs, 1900). |
J037 | 1914 | 0-6-0 superheated tender engines for long distance goods & mineral traffic. 104 engines in total were built at Cowlairs and by North British Loco Co. between 1914 & 1921. NBR nos 8, 13, 44, 62, 113 (Cowlairs, 1914-15); 136, 222, 255, 260, 261, 263, 429-432 (Cowlairs, 1915); 433-437 (Cowlairs, 1916); 292, 297, 304, 454, 455 (Cowlairs, 1918); 88, 89, 123, 139, 151, 157, 158, 161, 162, 167, 274, 295, 305, 314, 315, 456-469, 476-480 (NBL, 1918-19); 470-473, 313, 485-489 (NBL, 1919); 296, 300-303, 306, 401-403, 491 (NBL, 1919-20); 46, 72, 73, 84, 109-111, 171, 175, 272, 273, 299, 506-508 (NBL, 1920-21); 517, 101, 103, 98, 33, 128, 104, 105, 143 & 518 (Cowlairs, 1921). |
J081 | 1871 | 0-6-0 saddle tank engines for local passenger services. 15 engines were built at Cowlairs between 1871 & 1873. NBR nos 229, 230 (built 1871); 39, 51, 149, 221, 256, 405, 406 (built 1872); 62, 113, 136, 222, 255 & 261 (built 1873). |
J082 | 1875 | 0-6-0 tank engines for local passenger services. 25 engines were built at Cowlairs between 1875 & 1878. NBR nos 165, 166, 259, 284 (built 1875); 241, 297 (built 1876); 20, 123, 151, 158, 161, 162, 274, 295 (built 1877); 22, 29, 49, 96, 97, 106-108, 240, 313 & 485 (built 1878). |
J083 | 1900 | 0-6-0 tank engines for shunting & short distance local goods services. 40 engines were built by outside contractors between 1900-1901. NBR nos 795-814 (Neilson, Reid & Co, 1900-1901); 815-834 (Sharp, Stewart & Co, 1901). |
J084 | 1873 | 0-6-0 tender engines built for coal traffic. 20 engines built at Cowlairs in 1873. NBR Nos 430-449. All of these engines were converted to saddle tanks between 1889 and 1892 and nos 430, 432 and 443 survived the Grouping. |
J085 | 1870 | 0-6-0 saddle tank engines for shunting & short distance local goods services. 10 engines were built at Cowlairs between 1870 & 1873. NBR nos 130, 132, 152, (built 1870); 258 (built 1872); 8, 13, 44, 260 & 263 (built 1873). |
J086 | 1870 | 0-6-0 saddle tank engines for local passenger services. 3 engines were built at Cowlairs in 1870. NBR nos 220, 226 & 228. |
J088 | 1904 | 0-6-0 outside cylinder tank engines for dock shunting. 35 engines were built at Cowlairs between 1904 & 1919. NBR nos 836-841 (built 1904-5); 842-847 (built 1905); 233-238 (built 1909); 66, 114, 116-119, 121, 130, 132, 152 (built 1912); 277, 288-290, 87, 271 & 279 (built 1919). |
N014 | 1909 | 0-6-2 tank engines for banking duties on Cowlairs incline. 6 engines were built by North British Loco Co. 1909. NBR nos 858-863. |
N015 | 1910 | 0-6-2 tank engines for local short distance goods and mineral traffic. 69 engines were built by North British Loco Co. between 1910 & 1920. NBR nos 7,154, 209, 210, 251, 282, 386-393, 396-399 (built 1910); 907-926 (built 1912; 219, 223, 224, 229, 230, 246, 252, 257, 264 (built 1913); 47, 54, 61, 65, 69, 70, 276, 453, 142, 165, 166, 259 (built 1916-17); 20, 22, 29, 49, 96, 97, 106-108 & 240 (built 1920). |
Y009 | 1882 | 0-4-0 saddle tank engines for light shunting and dock work. 38 engines, two of which were built initially by Neilson & Co. and the others at Cowlairs between 1882 and 1899. NBR nos 546 & 547 (Neilson & Co, 1882); 32, 42, 144, 146, 308, 310 (Cowlairs, 1887); 341-346 (Cowlairs, 1889); 9-11, 14, 17, 40 (Cowlairs, 1890); 50, 63, 227, 231, 232, 610 (Cowlairs, 1891); 32, 40, 42, 50, 63, 144 (Cowlairs, 1897); 146, 308, 310, 546, 547 & 610 (Cowlairs 1899). (Note that some early build engines were placed on duplicate list and their numbers reallocated to later build engines.) |
Y010 | 1868 | 0-4-0 tender engines for local short distance goods and mineral traffic. 2 engines were built at Cowlairs in 1868. NBR nos 357 & 358. |
Y011 | 1921 | 0-4-0 petrol shunting engine for shunting duties at Kelso. 1 engine built by the Motor Rail & Tram Car Co. in 1921. NBR no 1. |