The North Eastern Railway Class T2, classified as Class Q6 by the LNER, is a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotive designed for heavy freight, especially for hauling long coal trains to various collieries in the North Eastern region of the UK, with a maximum speed of 40 miles per hour. 120 were built at Darlington Works and Armstrong Whitworth between 1913 and 1921 to the design of Vincent Raven, based on the NER Class T and T1. The batch of fifty built by Armstrong Whitworth from 1919 were A-W's first locomotives to be built, after the conversion of their Scotswood works from ordnance to peacetime production.
An NER Class T2 at Guisborough, 1955
LNER Q6 at Darlington Works after overhaul in March 1959
63407 at West Hartlepool shed, June 1967
63395 at Sunderland shed, June 1967
Darlington Works was established in 1863 by the Stockton and Darlington Railway in the town of Darlington in the north east of England.
The main part of the works, the North Road Shops was located on the northeast side of the Stockton and Darlington Railway
Darlington Works plate of 1938 on K4 2-6-0 3442 (61994) The Great Marquess, April 2009
NER T2 (LNER Q6) built at Darlington in 1918, after overhaul at the works on 22 March 1959
LNER K4 61994 The Great Marquess built at Darlington Works in 1938 (preserved 2009)
BR Standard Class 3 2-6-0 77000 at Darlington Works (1959)
