2-6-0 Class N SECR Profile and Models

2-6-0 Class N SECR

31874 on the Watercress Line. Date unknown. ©Barry Lewis

The SECR N class was a type of 2-6-0 ("mogul") steam locomotive designed in 1914 by Richard Maunsell for mixed-traffic duties on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR). Built between 1917 and 1934, it was the first non-Great Western Railway (GWR) type to use and improve upon the basic design principles established by GWR Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) George Jackson Churchward. The N class was based on the GWR 4300 Class design, improved with Midland Railway concepts. The N class was mechanically similar to the SECR K class 2-6-4 passenger tank engine, also by Maunsell. It influenced future 2-6-0 development in Britain and provided the basis for the 3 cylinder N1 class of 1922. Production was delayed by the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, and the first N class rolled out of Ashford Works in 1917, three years after design work was completed. The class replaced obsolete 0-6-0s as part of the SECR's fleet standardisation, as they used parts interchangeable with those of other classes. Eighty N class locomotives were built in three batches between the First and Second World Wars. Fifty were assembled from kits of parts made at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, giving rise to the nickname of "Woolworths". They worked over most of the Southern Railway (SR) network, and were used by the Southern Region of British Railways (BR) until the last was withdrawn in 1966. One has been preserved.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

SECR/ SR Ashford Works

Build Date

1917 to 1934

Total Built

80

Tractive Effort

26,035 lbf

Wheel Configuration

2-6-0

Operated By

South Eastern & Chatham Railway
Southern Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Mixed Traffic

In Service Until

1966

Surviving Examples

1

 

Products awaiting categorisation

Scale Brand Image Construction Type DCC Capability Product Code Product Title Livery
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Amer Collection No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set GBL31
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Maunsell Class N 2-6-0 31874 in BR black - static model - not motorised Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) DJH Model Railway Kits K67 SR/BR Maunsell N class 2-6-0 kit Requires assembly Not set K67
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SR/BR Maunsell N class 2-6-0 kit Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Wills Kits F105 Southern Railway N,N1,U and U1 Class Requires assembly Not set F105
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Southern Railway N,N1,U and U1 Class Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Wills Kits F105 SR N Class 2-6-0 Loco Body & Tender Kit Requires assembly Not set F105
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SR N Class 2-6-0 Loco Body & Tender Kit Awaiting Categorisation
O Gauge (1:43 Scale) Bassett Lowke No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set BL99003
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Class N 2-6-0 1864 in SR olive green - 2 or 3 rail DC Awaiting Categorisation