NER Class E
Class of 0-6-0T locomotives designed by Thomas Worsdell
The North Eastern Railway (NER) Class E, classified as Class J71 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), was a class of small 0-6-0 T steam locomotives 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).
01Numbering
LNER numbers for the locomotives were scattered between 27 and 1864.
Eighty-one of them passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and they were numbered 68230-68316 in the range, with gaps.
02Liveries
In 1947 8266 received LNER lined green livery for use as a station pilot at York.
03Accidents and incidents
- In 1890, locomotive No. 811 was hauling a freight train when it was derailed on the Redheugh Incline, Gateshead, County Durham.
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