4-4-0 Class D29/ D30 Scott NBR Profile and Models

4-4-0 Class D29/ D30 Scott NBR

62426 'Cuddie Headrigg' at Stirling in September 1957. ©Ben Brooksbank

The NBR J Class (LNER Classes D29 & D30), commonly known as the Scott class, were a class of 4-4-0 steam tender locomotives designed by William P. Reid for the North British Railway. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping in 1923. Forty-three were built, of which thirty-five (ten D29s and twenty-five D30s) survived into British Railways ownership in 1948. The Original J Class locomotives were based on the NBR K Class mixed traffic 4-4-0s. The J Class had 6' 6" driving wheels for express passenger work and a large tender which carried sufficient water to allow passenger trains to run non-stop between Edinburgh and Carlisle. These locomotives were named after characters in the novels of Sir Walter Scott and naturally became known as "Scotts". 

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

North British Locomotive Co
NBR Cowlairs Works

Build Date

1909 to 1920

Total Built

43

Tractive Effort

18,700 lbf (D30)
19,434 lbf (D29)

Wheel Configuration

4-4-0

Operated By

North British Railway
London & North Eastern Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Passenger Services

In Service Until

1960

Surviving Examples

0