LNER Class Y11

15098 at Stratford locomotive depot 1956

Type and origin
Power type	Petrol-mechanical
Builder	Motor Rail & Tram Car Co. Ltd.
Model	Simplex
Build date	1919, 1920, 1925

Specifications
Configuration	0-4-0
UIC class	B
Wheel diameter	3 ft 1 in (0.940 m)
Loco weight	8 long tons (8.1 t)
Prime mover	Dorman 4JO
Engine type	Petrol
Transmission	Mechanical, two-speed Dixon-Abbot, chain final drive
Loco brake	Air
Train brakes	None

Performance figures
Maximum speed	7.2 mph (11.6 km/h)
Power output	40 hp (30 kW)
Tractive effort	3,750 lbf (16.7 kN)

Career
Operators	Great Eastern Railway, North British Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Railways
Number in class	3
Axle load class	Route Availability: 1
Retired	1950–1956
Disposition	All scrapped

LNER Class Y11 was a class of petrol powered 0-4-0 locomotives built by Motor Rail & Tram Car Company Limited under their Simplex brand and introduced in the years 1919–1925, operating after its formation in 1922 on the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). Their British Railways numbers were 15097-15099.

Numbering

Works no. 1931, LNER no. 8430, re-numbered 8188, BR no. 15098 or 68188
- Built 1919, acquired by LNER 1923 (ex-Great Eastern Railway), withdrawn in 1956
Works no. 2037, LNER no. 8431, re-numbered 8189, BR no. 15099 or 68189
- Built 1921, acquired by LNER 1923 (ex-North British Railway), withdrawn in 1956
Works no. 2126, LNER no. ED/L4, BR no. 15097
- Unknown built date acquired by LNER 1925 (ex-Preston Water Works, Lancashire), withdrawn in 1950
- The RCTS document BRITISH RAILWAYS, NORTH EASTERN REGION, LOCOMOTIVE ALLOCATION, 6th May 1950 records this locomotive as working at West Hartlepool (Creosote Works).

Specification

Wheel arrangement: 0-4-0
Weight: 8 tons 0 cwt
Wheel diameter: 3 ft 1in
Min curve negotiable: 1 chain
Engine type: Dorman 4JO (petrol)
Engine output: 40 hp
Power at rail: 24 hp
Maximum speed: 7½ mph
Brake type: Air on loco, no train brake
Route Availability: 1
Heating type: Not fitted
Multiple coupling type: Not fitted
Transmission: Mechanical, 2-speed Dixon Abbot

Preservation

None of the LNER Class Y11 locomotives has been preserved but several similar ones have, including:

Works no. 2029 at the East Anglian Railway Museum
Works no. 2028 at the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre

Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre also has another Simplex numbered 15100. This is probably an "imaginary" British Railways number, continuing from 15099.

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London and North Eastern Railway locomotives

Pre-grouping railway designs:

Great Central:	A5 B1/B18 B2/B19 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 C4 C5 C13 C14 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D10 D11 D12 E2 E3 E8 F1 F2 G3 J8 J9 J10 J11 J12 J13 J58 J59 J60 J61 J62 J63 L1/L3 M1 N4 N5 N6 O4 O5 Q4 S1 X4 Y2

Great Eastern:	B12 D13 D14 D15 D16 E4 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 G4 J14 J15 J16 J17 J18 J19 J20 J65 J66 J67 J68 J69 J70 N7 Y4 Y5 Y6 Z4/J92

Great North of Scotland:	D38 D39 D40 D41 D42 D43 D44 D45 D46 D47 D48 G10 J90 J91 Z4 Z5

Great Northern:	A1 C1 C2 C12 D1 D2 D3 D4 E1 G1 G2 J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J50 J51 J52 J53 J54 J55 J56 J57 K1 K2 K3 N1 N2 O1 O2 Q1 Q2 Q3 R1

North British:	C10 C11 C15 C16 D25 D26 D27 D28 D29 D30 D31 D32 D33 D34 D35 D36 D50 D51 E7 G7 G8 G9 J31 J32 J33 J34 J35 J36 J37 J81 J82 J83 J84 J85 J86 J88 N14 N15 Y9 Y10

North Eastern:	A2 A6 A7 B13 B14 B15 B16 C6 C7 C8 D17/1 D17/2 D18 D19 D20 D21 D22 D23 E5 E6 F8 G5 G6 H1 J21 J22 J24 J25 J26 J27 J71 J72 J73 J74 J76 J77 J78 J79 N8 N9 N10 Q5 Q6 Q7 T1 X1 X2 X3 Y7 Y8 EB1 EE1 EF1 ES1

North Eastern (ex Hull & Barnsley)	D24 J23 J28 J75 J80 N11 N12 N13 Q10

LNER designs:

Gresley (1923–1941):	A1 A3 A4 A8 B17 D49 J38 J39 J50 K4 P1 P2 U1 V1 V2 V3 V4 W1 EM1

Thompson (1941–1946):	A1 A2/1 A2/2 A2/3 B1 B2 K1 K5 L1 O1 Q1

Peppercorn (1946–1947):	A1 A2 K1

Other designs:

Proposed designs:

P10 2-8-2T (Nov 1929)
B 4-6-0 (Nov 1936)
? 4-8-2 (1939)
Q 0-8-0 (June 1930)
D 4-4-0 (1943)
? 4-8-4 (Feb 1946)
? 4-8-2 (Feb 1946)
K 2-6-0 (Aug 1947)

British railway locomotives and miscellany, 1948 to present

Diesel shunters	01 01/5 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

Diesel shunters (pre-TOPS)	11001 11104 15107 13000 D1/1 D1/2 D1/3 D1/4 D2/1 D2/2 D2/3 D2/4 D2/5 D2/6 D2/7 D2/8 D2/9 D2/10 D2/11 D2/12 D3/1 D3/2 D3/3 D3/4 D3/5 D3/6 D3/7 D3/8 D3/9 D3/10 D3/11 D3/12 D3/13 D3/14

Main-line diesels:	14 15 16 17 18 20 21 (I) 21 (II) 22 (I) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 35 37 38 40 41 (I) 41 (II) 41 (III) 42 43 (I) 43 (II) 44 45 46 47 48 (I) 48 (II) 50 51 52 53 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 65 66 67 68 70 (II)

Main-line diesels (pre-TOPS)	10000–10001 10100 10201–10203 10800 D8/1 D8/2 D10/1 D10/2 D10/3 D11/1 D11/2 D11/3 D11/4 D11/5 D12/1 D12/2 D12/3 D13/1 D14/1 D14/2 D15/1 D15/2 D16/1 D16/2 D17/1 D17/2 D20/1 D20/2 D22/1 D22/2 D23/1 D25/1 D27/1 D33/1

Electrics	22 (II) 70 (I) 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 (I) 88 (II) 89 90 91 92 93

Electrics (pre-TOPS)	AL1 AL2 AL3 AL4 AL5 AL6 EB1 EE1 EF1 EM1 EM2 ES1 HA HB JA JB

Departmental	97 97/6 Eastern Southern Other Series

Prototypes	15097–15099 18000 18100 D0226/D0227 D0260 D0280 D2999 DHP1 DP1 DP2 GT3 HS4000 Janus Taurus

Steam locomotives	98

Ships	99

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