B12 4-6-0 - 61572

(Photo: Steve Allen)

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Brief Outline

GER originally introduced the Holden designed B12 Class in 1911. Subsequently it was rebuilt by Gresley to class B12/3, with a larger boiler, round topped firebox and long travel valves. Our engine - No 8572 - was completed in 1928 and is now the only working inside cylinder 4-6-0 in Europe.

Key Facts

Number	61572
Name
Class	B12
Wheel arrangement	4-6-0
Company	LNER
Builder	Beyer Peacock & Co Ltd
Works No	6488
Built	1928
Owner	M&GNJRS
Date of acquisition by current owner	1963
Current Condition	Under restoration at Bury
Location	NNR
Diary
February 2008	Almost stripped ready for an initial boiler examination. The final operation of lifting the boiler from the frames will take place when there is more room in the sheds.
September 2011
	B12 Being reassembled at Ian Riley's works at Bury just off the East Lancashire Railway. There are a lot of minor detailed parts needing refurbishment before running in can start.  The engine will return to Norfolk for the final act of repainting into LNER green for the official relaunch
	New lagging and sheeting to the boiler, is a snug fit and designed to be easily removed to enable inspection of the firebox welds.   Photos: Keith Ashford

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