NER Class T2

NER class T2 LNER class Q6
An NER Class T2 at Guisborough, 1955
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Vincent Raven Builder Darlington Works (70) Armstrong Whitworth (50) Build date 1913–1921 Total produced 120
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-8-0 Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Driver dia. 4 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.410 m) Loco weight 65.9 long tons (67.0 t; 73.8 short tons) Tender weight 44.1 long tons (44.8 t; 49.4 short tons) Fuel type Coal Boiler pressure 180 psi (1.2 MPa) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 20 in × 26 in (508 mm × 660 mm)
Performance figures Tractive effort 28,800 lbf (128 kN)
Career Operators NER, LNER, BR Class NER: T2, LNER: Q6 Power class BR: 6F Axle load class Route availability 6 Withdrawn 1960 (1), 1963 - 1967 Disposition One preserved, remainder scrapped

The North Eastern Railway Class T2, classified as Class Q6 by the LNER, is a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotive designed for heavy freight, especially for hauling long coal trains to various collieries in the North Eastern region of the UK, with a maximum speed of 40 miles per hour.^{[1] [2]} 120 were built at Darlington Works and Armstrong Whitworth between 1913 and 1921 to the design of Vincent Raven, based on the NER Class T and T1 (LNER Q5). The batch of fifty built by Armstrong Whitworth from 1919 were A-W's first locomotives to be built, after the conversion of their Scotswood works from ordnance to peacetime production.^[3]