NER Class E
Class of 0-6-0T locomotives designed by Thomas Worsdell
last 20 built with 16+3⁄4 in × 22 in (430 mm × 560 mm)
| Performance figures | |
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| Tractive effort | 12,130 lbf (54.0 kN) |
| Career | |
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| Operators | North Eastern Railway, London & North Eastern Railway, British Railways |
| Number in class | 81 (BR) |
| Disposition | All scrapped |
The North Eastern Railway (NER) Class E, classified as Class J71 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), was a class of small 0-6-0T steam locomotive designed by T.W. Worsdell. They had inside cylinders and Stephenson valve gear and were the basis for the later NER Class E1 (LNER Class J72).
Numbering
Eighty-one of them passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and they were numbered 68230-68316 (with gaps).
Accidents and incidents
- In 1890, locomotive No. 811 was hauling a freight train when it was derailed on the Redheugh Incline, Gateshead, County Durham.[1]
References
- ^ Hoole, Ken (1982). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 3. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 8. ISBN 0-906899-05-2.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to NER Class E / LNER Class J71.
- The T.W. Worsdell J71 (NER Class E) 0-6-0 Tank Engines LNER Encyclopedia
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railway designs
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| Peppercorn (1946–1947) |
- P10 2-8-2T (Nov 1929)
- B 4-6-0 (Nov 1936)
- ? 4-8-2 (1939)
- Q 0-8-0 (June 1930)
- ? 4-8-4 (Feb 1946)
- ? 4-8-2 (Feb 1946)
- K 2-6-0 (Aug 1947)
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