The H&BR Class F3 was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive

Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...

s of the Hull and Barnsley Railway

Hull and Barnsley Railway

The Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company was opened on 20 July 1885. It had a total projected length of 66 miles but never reached Barnsley, stopping a few miles short at Stairfoot. The name was changed to The Hull and Barnsley Railway in 1905...

.Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 4, page 52http://www.lner.info/locos/N/n13.shtml They were designed by Matthew Stirling

Matthew Stirling (railway engineer)

Matthew Stirling was Locomotive Superintendent of the Hull & Barnsley Railway . He retired in 1922 when the H&BR was taken over by the North Eastern Railway .- Biography :* Matthew Stirling was born in Kilmarnock on 27 November 1856....

 to work goods trains to and from the King George Dock at Hull

Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...

 which opened in 1914. They were not fitted with vacuum brake

Vacuum brake

The vacuum brake is a braking system employed on trains and introduced in the mid-1860s. A variant, the automatic vacuum brake system, became almost universal in British train equipment and in those countries influenced by British practice. Vacuum brakes also enjoyed a brief period of adoption in...

s so they were not suitable for passenger work.

Dimensions

Sources disagree about some dimensions. LNER encyclopedia gives boiler pressure as 160 psi and tractive effort as 21216 lbf (94,373.5 N). Ian Allan gives 175 psi and 23205 lbf (103,221 N) respectively. The locomotives were fitted with new boiler

Boiler

A boiler is a closed vessel in which water or other fluid is heated. The heated or vaporized fluid exits the boiler for use in various processes or heating applications.-Materials:...

s between 1926 and 1934 so it is possible that the boiler pressure was raised at this time.

British Railways

All 10 locomotives survived into British Railways ownership in 1948 but one was scrapped immediately and did not receive a BR number. The remaining 9 were given BR numbers 69111-69119.

Withdrawal

The N13s were withdrawn between 1952 and 1956. The last N13 to be withdrawn was number 69114 and it was the last H&BR locomotive to remain in service. None is preserved.