Wheel arrangement

Driving wheel diameter

Boiler Pressure

Cylinders (2)

Tractive Effort

Route availability

4 - 6 - 0

6’ 2”

225 psi

19” diameter x 28” stroke

26,120 lbf

7

Class facts.

Introduced 1951.

Designed at Doncaster.  CME R.A. Riddles

Principal dimensions

Valve Gear

Loco weight

Brakes

Tender

Walschaert’s

76 tons 4 cwt.

BR fitted AVB when built;
NVR (P. Brotherhood) fitted Air brakes 1979.

BR1G   (27 tons empty)
   7 tons coal,
   5000 gallons water

Loco 73050 facts

Built 1954 at Derby.

Withdrawn BR service July 1968

Into preservation at Peterborough September 1968