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NER Class W
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Gateshead Works· from 1907· class of 10 British 4-6-0T locomotives
what is it?
The NER Class W was a class of ten 4-6-0T locomotives built by the North Eastern Railway at their Gateshead Works between 1907 and 1908. They were all rebuilt as Class W1 4-6-2T locomotives between 1914 and 1917. The ten locomotives were built in one batch, and were numbered 686 to 695.
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 119 years ago, in 1907.
- 12.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 10 years (1907–1917).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1907
- in service from
- 1907
- retired
- 1917
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Gateshead Works
- designer
- Wilson Worsdell
- operators
- North Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0T
- length
- 12.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q23451295, Wikipedia: NER Class W (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.