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 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).

Numbering

LNER numbers for the locomotives were scattered between 27 and 1864.[1]

Eighty-one of them passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and they were numbered 68230-68316 in the range, with gaps.[2]

Liveries

In 1947 8266 received LNER lined green livery for use as a station pilot at York.[4]

Accidents and incidents

  • In 1890, locomotive No. 811 was hauling a freight train when it was derailed on the Redheugh Incline, Gateshead, County Durham.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Casserley, H.C.; Johnston, S.W. (1966). Locomotives at the Grouping: London & North-Eastern Railway. Ian Allan. p. 64. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  2. ^ a b Adams, Will (2015). Locomotives We Have Lost. Oxford Publishing Co. pp. 224–225. ISBN 978 086093 667 1. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d Nock, O.S. (1974). Locomotives of the North Eastern Railway. Ian Allan. p. 82. ISBN 07110 04935. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  4. ^ Hoole, K. (1977). The East Coast Main Line Since 1925. Ian Allan. p. 69. ISBN 0 7110 0780 2. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  5. ^ Hoole, Ken (1982). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 3. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 8. ISBN 0-906899-05-2.

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