NER Class E

NER Class E
NER Class E
LNER Class J71
No. 8292 at Normanton Locomotive Depot 1947
Power type Steam
Designer T.W. Worsdell
Build date 1886-1895
Total produced 120
Configuration 0-6-0T
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Driver diameter 4 ft 7 14 in (1.403 m)
Wheelbase 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Length 28 ft 8 34 in (8.757 m)
Axle load 13.2 long tons (13.4 t)
Locomotive weight 37.6 long tons (38.2 t)
Fuel type coal
Fuel capacity 1.25 long tons (1.27 t)
Water capacity 690 imp gal (3,100 l; 830 US gal)
Boiler pressure 140 psi (0.97 MPa)
Firegrate area 11.3 sq ft (1.05 m2)
Cylinders two inside
Cylinder size 16 × 22 in (410 × 560 mm)
last 20 built with 16+34 × 22 in (430 × 560 mm)
Tractive effort 12,130 lbf (54.0 kN)
Locomotive brakes Steam
Train brakes Some fitted with vacuum for passenger use
Career North Eastern Railway, London & North Eastern Railway, British Rail
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 0-6-0T 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).

Numbering

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

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