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Conversion to oil burning

After World War II the railways suffered problematic coal shortages, especially in the North Island. Approval was gained to convert 12 of the J class locomotives into oil-burners, to burn heavy fuel oil which was available in plentiful quantities at the time. The conversion saw the installation of a two-nossle burner in the firebox, removal of the grate and ashpan which was replaced with a firepan lined with bricks, shortening of the superheater tubes in the boiler, removal of the spark arrester in the smokebox, removal of the brick arch, addition of the related controls and gauges for the oil burning equipment, and the tender modified to carry an oil bunker and associated steam piping. Similar to the K and KA Classes which were converted to oil burning at the same time, the JB Class utilized a separate, removable tank which sat in the former coal space. However, the full-width coal bunker of the J-type's Vanderbilt tender was cut down so that the oil tank was visible at the sides, with distinctive vertical supports below. The conversion process generally coincided with the removal of the streamlining, but not always. Once converted, the locomotives were re-classified JB in recognition of the conversion, however they retained their original J class numbers.

The JB Class in service

In service the JB class performed well, but did not distinguish themselves above the unconverted J class nor any of the other J variants. Some of the JB Class received cross-compound Westinghouse pumps in place of the twin single-phase pumps, but others did not. The JB Class only ever saw service in the North Island, as in the South Island coal supplies were plentiful. Some years after conversion to oil, the fuel oil being used became considerably dearer than the coal supplies then being sourced, and there was no longer a coal shortage. However re-conversion back to coal burning did not occur due to objections from the various railway Unions.

Withdrawal and disposal

Some members of the JB Class were among the first of the J 4-8-2 types to be withdrawn, due to the faster wear and tear suffered by the locomotives as a result of oil burning. The last of the class was withdrawn from service by March 1968, by which time steam haulage in the North Island had essentially finished anyway . All of the class were scrapped, although many items from the locomotives were retained as spares for the other J type locomotives still in service in the South Island.

Preservation

None of the JB Class were Preserved. However, the tender from JB 1203 is held by Steam Incorporated. In addition, preserved J class locomotive No.1236 has been restored as a JB class oil burner by its owners Mainline Steam, although this particular locomotive spent its entire NZR career as a coal-burning J Class . Preserved locomotive J 1211, also owned by Mainline Steam, has been converted to oil burning in the same manner as the JB Class, but has not been re-classified to reflect that change.

References

^ Register of New Zealand Steam Locomotives, W.G. Lloyd

^ The Locomotives of the Mainline Steam Trust, by Graeme Moffatt

External links

NZR Steam locomotives - J class (4-8-2)

NZR Steam locomotives - J class (4-8-2)

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Rail vehicles of New Zealand

Battery electric locomotives

E - EB

Diesel locomotives

DA (inc. DAA, DAR) - DB (inc. DBR) - DC (inc. DCP) - DE - DF (English Electric) - DF (General Motors) inc. DFT - DG (inc. DH of 1956) - DH of 1978 - DI - DJ - DK - DQ (inc. QR) - DS - DSA - DSB - DSC - DSG - DSJ - DX (inc. DXB, DXC, DXH, DXR) - TR

Diesel Multiple Units

ADK (inc. ADB trailers) - ADL (inc. ADC trailers)

Electric locomotives

EA (later EO of 1968) - EC - ED - EF - EO of 1923 - EW

Electric Multiple Units

DM (inc. D trailers) - EM (inc. ET trailers) - MEM (inc. MET trailers)

Railcars

RM class railcars: 88 seater (also known as Fiats or twinsets) - Clayton steam railcar - Edison battery-electric railcar - Leyland diesel railbus - Leyland experimental petrol railcar - MacEwan-Pratt petrol railcar - Model T Ford railcar - Sentinel-Cammell steam railcar - Silver Fern - Standard - Thomas Transmission - Vulcan - Wairarapa - Westinghouse

Non-RM class railcar: A 88 Buckhurst petrol carriage

Steam locomotives

A of 1873 - A of 1906 (inc. Ad) - AA - AB - B of 1874 - B of 1899 - BA - BB - BC - C of 1873 - C of 1930 - D of 1874 - D of 1929 - E of 1872-75 - E of 1906 - F - FA (inc. FB) - G of 1874 - G Garratt of 1928 (inc. Pacific rebuild) - H - J of 1874 - J of 1939 - JA - JB - K of 1877 - K of 1932 - KA - KB - L - LA - M - N - NA - NC - O - OA - OB - OC - P of 1876 - P of 1885 - Q of 1878 - Q of 1901 - R - S - T - U - UA - UB - UC - UD - V - W - WA - WAB (inc. WS) - WB - WD - WE - WF - WG - WH - WJ - WW - X - Y

Loco-hauled carriages

50-foot carriage - 56-foot carriage - ex-British Rail Mark 2 carriage

See also: Locomotives of New Zealand; Motive power explanation; Multiple units and Railcars descriptions.

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