#1478
NER Class Y
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Darlington Works· from 1910· class of 20 British 4-6-2T locomotives
what is it?
The North Eastern Railway (NER) Class Y (LNER Class A7) 4-6-2T tank locomotives were designed whilst Wilson Worsdell was Chief Mechanical Engineer, but none were built until 1910 by which time Vincent Raven had taken over.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 116 years ago, in 1910.
- 13.1 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 47 years (1910–1957).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1910–1911
- in service from
- 1910
- retired
- 1957
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Darlington Works
- designer
- Wilson Worsdell
- operators
- North Eastern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, North Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2T
- length
- 13.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6953569, Wikipedia: NER Class Y (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.