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BR Standard Class 2 2-6-0

British steam locomotive class (1952–1967)

Summary

British steam locomotive class (1952–1967)

Field	Value
powertype	Steam
name	BR Standard Class 2 2-6-0
image	File:Ans 05373-0336.tif
imagesize	300px
caption	Standard class 2 No. 78000
designer	R. A. Riddles
builder	British Railways Darlington Works
builddate	December 1952 – November 1956
totalproduction	65
whytetype	2-6-0
uicclass	1C h2
gauge
leadingdiameter	3 ft
driverdiameter	5 ft
tenderdiameter	3 ft
minimumcurve	4 chain
wheelspacing
engine total
drivers
coupled
tender total
wheelbasewithtender	44 ft
over buffers	53 ft
width	8 ft
height	12 ft
axleload	13.75 LT
leadingbogie/pony	8.75 LT
coupled all
coupled 1	13.75 LT
coupled 2	13.60 LT
coupled 3	13.15 LT
tenderaxle
weightondrivers	40.50 LT
locoweight	49.25 LT
tenderweight	36.85 LT
locotenderweight	86.10 LT
tendertype	BR3
fueltype	Coal
fuelcap	4 LT
watercap	3000 impgal
boiler	BR8
pitch	8 ft
lengthinside	10 ft
smalltubediameter	1+5/8 in O.D. × 12 SWG, 162 off
largetubediameter	5+1/8 in O.D. × 7 SWG, 12 off
boilerpressure	200 psi
fireboxtype	Belpaire
firearea	17.5 sqft
tubesandflues	924 sqft
fireboxarea	101 sqft
superheaterarea	124 sqft
cylindercount	Two, outside
cylindersize	16+1/2 x
tractiveeffort	18513 lbf
factorofadhesion	4.9
operator	British Railways
powerclass	2MT
fleetnumbers	78000–78064
axleloadclass	Route Availability 3
nicknames	Mickey Mouse
withdrawndate	November 1963 – August 1967
disposition	Three preserved, one in the process of being rebuilt into tank version, remainder scrapped

| leadingbogie/pony = 8.75 LT The BR Standard Class 2 2-6-0 is a class of steam locomotive, one of the British Railways Standard classes of the 1950s. They were physically the smallest of the Standard classes; 65 were built.

Overview

The design was derived from the Ivatt-designed Class 2 2-6-0, with a reduced cab to enable it to fit into a universal loading gauge, and other standard fittings, most notably a taller chimney, others including the lack of an Ivatt dome and side plates connecting the two sections of the engine. Like the LMS predecessor the BR design had a tender cab to enhance crew protection and visibility when running tender-first. They were all attached to a BR3 type tender. These locomotives are often known by the nickname "Mickey Mouse".

Construction

Darlington works was responsible for building the entire fleet of 65 engines and for a time construction of the LMS and BR designs overlapped. The last No. 78064 was completed in 1956 but the class remained intact for just seven years. Coincidentally the first to be withdrawn No. 78015 was a Darlington-based engine.

Route availability

Like the LMS counterpart, the Standard Mogul was arranged for a low axle-loading of just 13.75 LT. This allowed it to operate on most lightly laid routes and secondary lines. The route availability was 3. Some of the class had speedometers fitted.

Reputation

Among crews the 2MT 2-6-0 gained a reputation for being very sure-footed. Some maintained however that the engine did not steam well. The most common complaint was the draughty and dirty footplate. This was unusual, given Robert Riddles and his team made an effort to optimise working conditions in the Standards' cab layout.

Shed allocations

Two former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway sheds (Bank Hall (Liverpool) and Wigan (L&Y), respectively), designated 27A and 27D, received an allocation of the class. Bank Hall had 78041–44 which were used with great success on both slow and fast trains from Liverpool Exchange to either Preston, Bolton or Rochdale. The Wigan engines 78040/61–64 were used on stopping trains to Liverpool, Southport, Bolton and Rochdale. They replaced LMS Class 2P 4-4-0s and L&YR 2-4-2Ts. On the former L&Y lines this class was generally employed on passenger work whilst the LMS Class 2 2-6-0s were normally found on shunting and freight jobs until the mid-1960s.

When the Cambrian section closed and other areas dieselised, other members of the class came to the former L&Y lines (some as replacements for those originally allocated to 27A and 27D). These included 78002 (in green livery), 78007, 78027 and 78057. Some of these were used on shunting duties from Bolton and Lostock Hall sheds. Number 78022 preserved on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway had a spell as Preston station passenger pilot whilst allocated to Lostock Hall.

Withdrawal

Year	Quantity in
service at
start of year	Quantity
withdrawn	Locomotive numbers	Notes
1963	65	1	78015
1964	64	4	78005/09/48/53
1965	60	17	78000–01/04/06/11/14/24–25/27/29–30/32–33/35/42–43/54
1966	43	30	78002–03/08/10/16–19/22/31/34/36/38–40/45–47/49–52/56–61/63–64
1967	13	13	78007/12–13/20–21/23/26/28/37/41/44/55/62

Preservation

Four members of the class were preserved, however one (78059) is currently being converted to the tank version of the class.

Number	Built	Withdrawn	Service Life	Location	Livery	Status	Image	Notes
78018	Mar 1954	Nov 1966	12 Years, 8 months	Great Central Railway	BR Lined Black, Late Crest	Operational, Boiler Ticket Expires: 2026	[[File:Minehead - 78018 arrived from Norton Fitzwarren.JPG	175px]]	{{efn	78018: Built at Darlington North Road Works. Entered traffic on 3 March 1954 at West Auckland Shed (County Durham). Became famous for getting stuck in a snow drift during February 1955, which resulted in the film Snowdrift at Bleath Gill. Transferred to Chester Midland in April 1960; Workington in 1962; Willesden in May 1963; Nuneaton in September 1965; Shrewsbury before withdrawal on 12 November 1966. Spent 11 years at Barry scrapyard before being preserved at Shackerstone in November, 1978. Owned & rescued by the Darlington Railway Preservation Society in 1981 from Barry in Wales, after a 34-year restoration effort by the DRPS the locomotive was 85% complete, it was then transferred to the Great Central Railway in 2012 where the remainder of the work was carried out.
78019	Mar 1954	Nov 1966	12 Years, 8 months	Great Central Railway	BR Lined Black, Late Crest	Operational, Boiler Ticket Expires: 2032	[[File:78019 coming off Swithland Viaduct.jpg	175px]]
78022	May 1954	Sept 1966	12 Years, 4 months	Keighley & Worth Valley Railway	BR Lined Green, Early Emblem	Operational, Boiler Ticket Expires: 2028	[[File:Hugh llewelyn 78022 (7850847762).jpg	175px]]	{{efn	78022: Withdrawn for major overhaul December 2000. Having spent over a decade on display in the K&WVR museum at Oxenhope it was moved into Haworth workshops in 2014 in preparation for its long-awaited overhaul and its boiler was removed from the frames in early 2015.
78059/	Sept 1956	Nov 1966	10 Years, 2 months	Bluebell Railway	N/A	Undergoing conversion into BR Standard Class 2 2-6-2T	[[File:84030 boiler wagon SPark.JPG	175px]]	{{efn	78059/84030: Lost tender whilst at Woodham Brothers. After rescue to Bluebell, decision was taken to restore the locomotive in the tank-engine form, of which there are no surviving examples.

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