NER Class E1
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 Newcastle Central station pilot No. 68723 was given a special livery of NER green, as seen here on 27 June 1960. |
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| Power type | Steam |
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| Designer | Wilson Worsdell |
| Builder | North Eastern Railway Armstrong Whitworth London and North Eastern Railway British Railways |
| Build date | 1898-1951 |
| Configuration | 0-6-0T |
| Gauge | standard gauge |
| Driver size | 4' 1¼" |
| Locomotive weight | 38 tons 12 cwt |
| Fuel type | coal |
| Boiler pressure | 140 psi |
| Cylinders | two inside |
| Cylinder size | 17" x 24" |
| Tractive effort | 16,760 lbf |
| Class | 2F |
The North Eastern Railway Class E1, classified as Class J72 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) is a class of small 0-6-0T steam locomotives designed by Wilson Worsdell for shunting. They had inside cylinders and Stephenson valve gear.
They were a development of the earlier NER Class E (LNER Class J71) 0-6-0T designed by T.W. Worsdell who was Wilson Worsdell's brother.
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[edit] Build dates
A total of 113 locomotives was built:
- 1898-1899, 20 locos built by NER
- 1914, 20 locos built by NER
- 1920, 10 locos built by NER at Darlington Works
- 1922, 25 locos built for NER by Armstrong Whitworth & Co
- 1925, 10 locos built by LNER at Doncaster Works
- 1949-1951, 28 locos built by British Railways
This is a rare example of a class which was built, substantially unchanged, under pre-grouping, post-grouping and British Railways administration.
[edit] Numbering
British Railways numbers were:
- 68670-68754 (pre-nationalisation locos)
- 69001-69028 (new locos)
[edit] Preservation
One of the BR built engines, No. 69023, survives and is owned by the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group. It has worked on several preserved railways but is now undergoing a major overhaul at Hopetown Works, Darlington, due to be completed in 2008. The locomotive can be viewed at Hopetown Works, the original Stockton and Darlington Railway carriage works, on the second Saturday of every month.
It has been named Joem, though it never carried this name in service.
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