NER Class E

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0T
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Wheelbase	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Length	28 ft 8+3⁄4 in (8.757 m)
Axle load	13.2 long tons (13.4 t)
Loco weight	37.6 long tons (38.2 t)
Fuel type	coal
Fuel capacity	1.25 long tons (1.27 t)
Water cap.	690 imp gal (3,100 L; 830 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	11.3 sq ft (1.05 m2)
Boiler pressure	140 psi (0.97 MPa)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	16 in × 22 in (410 mm × 560 mm); last 20 built with 16+3⁄4 in × 22 in (430 mm × 560 mm);
Valve gear	Stephenson valve gear
Loco brake	Steam
Train brakes	Some fitted with vacuum for passenger use

NER Class E
LNER Class J71
NER Class E ; LNER Class J71
	No. 8292 at Normanton Locomotive Depot 1947
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	T.W. Worsdell
Builder	NER Darlington Works
Build date	1886-1895
Total produced	120
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0T
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Wheelbase	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Length	28 ft 8+3⁄4 in (8.757 m)
Axle load	13.2 long tons (13.4 t)
Loco weight	37.6 long tons (38.2 t)
Fuel type	coal
Fuel capacity	1.25 long tons (1.27 t)
Water cap.	690 imp gal (3,100 L; 830 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	11.3 sq ft (1.05 m2)
Boiler pressure	140 psi (0.97 MPa)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	16 in × 22 in (410 mm × 560 mm); last 20 built with 16+3⁄4 in × 22 in (430 mm × 560 mm);
Valve gear	Stephenson valve gear
Loco brake	Steam
Train brakes	Some fitted with vacuum for passenger use
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	12,130 lbf (54.0 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	North Eastern Railway; London & North Eastern Railway; British Railways;
Number in class	81 (BR)
Withdrawn	1933–1961
Disposition	All scrapped

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).

Numbering

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.

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

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 Casserley, H.C.; Johnston, S.W. (1966). Locomotives at the Grouping: London & North-Eastern Railway. Ian Allan. p. 64. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
1 2 Adams, Will (2015). Locomotives We Have Lost. Oxford Publishing Co. pp. 224–225. ISBN 978 086093 667 1. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
1 2 3 4 Nock, O.S. (1974). Locomotives of the North Eastern Railway. Ian Allan. p. 82. ISBN 07110 04935. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
↑ Hoole, K. (1977). The East Coast Main Line Since 1925. Ian Allan. p. 69. ISBN 0 7110 0780 2. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
↑ Hoole, Ken (1982). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 3. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 8. ISBN 0-906899-05-2.

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