NER Class E1

NER Class E1
LNER Class J72

One of 'modern' J72 0-6-0T's 69007 at Middlesbrough Locomotive Depot, 1954

Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Wilson Worsdell Builder Darlington Works (78) Armstrong Whitworth (25) Doncaster Works (10) Build date 1898–1951 Total produced 113

Specifications Configuration 0-6-0T Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 4 ft 1 ^1⁄4 in (1.251 m) Loco weight 38.6 long tons (39.2 t) Fuel type Coal Boiler pressure 140 lbf/in^2 (0.97 MPa) Cylinders Two, inside Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)

Performance figures Tractive effort 16,760 lbf (74.55 kN)

Career Power class 2F

The North Eastern Railway Class E1, classified as Class J72 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) is a class of small 0-6-0T steam locomotives designed by Wilson Worsdell for shunting. They had inside cylinders and Stephenson valve gear.

They were a development of the earlier NER Class E (LNER Class J71) 0-6-0T designed by T.W. Worsdell who was Wilson Worsdell's brother.

Build dates

A total of 113 locomotives were built:

• 1898–1899, 20 locos built by NER at Darlington Works
• 1914, 20 locos built by NER at Darlington Works
• 1920, 10 locos built by NER at Darlington Works
• 1922, 25 locos built for NER by Armstrong Whitworth & Co
• 1925, 10 locos built by LNER at Doncaster Works
• 1949-1951, 28 locos built by British Railways at Darlington Works

This is a rare, possibly unique, example of a locomotive class which was built, substantially unchanged, under pre-grouping, post-grouping and British Railways administration.

Numbering

69023 in a hybrid apple green scheme in 2014 when running on the Wensleydale Railway

British Railways numbers were:

• 68670-68754 (pre-nationalisation locos)
• 69001-69028 (new locos)

Preservation

One of the BR built engines, No. 69023, survives and is owned by the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group. It has worked on several preserved railways. It has been named Joem, a combination of the locomotive's former owner's parents: Joseph and Emily, though it never carried this name in service.^[1] In contrast to the normal black paint finish, this loco operates in a hybrid NER/LNER/BR apple green paint scheme. It re-entered service in 2010 and visited many heritage railways. No. 69023 is now based on the Wensleydale Railway but returns to NELPG's base at Hopetown Carriage Works, Darlington for winter maintenance.

References

1. "Joem the little engine with a heart of gold". Heritage Railway magazine. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

External links

• http://www.lner.info/locos/J/j72.shtml
• http://www.nelpg.org.uk/J72/history/index.htm