#1156
NER Class V
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Gateshead Works· from 1903· class of 20 British 4-4-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 1904-11-03 front New Atlantic Express North Eastern: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The NER Class V was a class of twenty steam locomotives of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement. They were designed by Wilson Worsdell for the North Eastern Railway (NER) as express passenger locomotives.
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 123 years ago, in 1903.
- Served for 45 years (1903–1948).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1903–1910
- in service from
- 1903
- retired
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Gateshead Works, Darlington Works
- designer
- Wilson Worsdell
- operators
- North Eastern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, North Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q84263195, Wikipedia: NER Class V (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.