Tasmanian Government Railways B class

Tasmanian Government Railways B class
Tasmanian Government Railways B class
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Co
Serial number	2510, 2511, 2615-2618, 2692-2694, 2771-2772, 2830, 3129-3131
Build date	1884-1892
Total produced	15
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-4-0
Gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Driver dia.	4 ft 0 in (1,219 mm)
Total weight	45 long tons 0 cwt (100,800 lb or 45.7 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Boiler pressure	140 lbf/in2 (0.97 MPa)
Cylinder size	14.5 in × 20 in (368 mm × 508 mm)
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	8,912 lbf (39.64 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	Tasmanian Government Railways
Numbers	B1-B15
Disposition	all scrapped

The Tasmanian Government Railways B class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government Railways.

History

Between 1884 and 1892, the Tasmanian Government Railways took delivery of 15 B class locomotives from Beyer, Peacock & Co, Manchester. With the arrival of the Q class in 1936, five were retired. The remaining ten were withdrawn in the early 1950s following the arrival of the X class.^[1]^[2]

^ Oberg, Leon (2010). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-2010. Dural: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 95–96. ISBN 9781921719011.
^ "Steam Locomotives of the Tasmanian Government Railways and its Constituents" Australian Railway History issue 917 March 2014 page 6