NER Class E

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NER Class E
LNER Class J71
Power type Steam
Designer T. W. Worsdell
Build date 1886
Configuration 0-6-0T
Gauge standard gauge
Driver size 4' 7¼"
Locomotive weight 37 tons 12 cwt
Fuel type coal
Boiler pressure 140 psi
Cylinders two inside
Cylinder size 16" x 22"
Tractive effort 12,130 lbf

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).

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Eighty-one of them passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and they were numbered 68230-68316 (with gaps).

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