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NER Class E

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Power type
  
Steam

Build date
  
1886-1895

Configuration
  
0-6-0T

Designer
  
T.W. Worsdell

Total produced
  
120

NER Class E

Gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

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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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.

    • References

    NER Class E Wikipedia
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