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NER Bogie Tank Passenger
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Neilson and Company· from 1874· class of 124 British 0-4-4T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 578885-Ponteland Train 1905: Newcastle Libraries· Public domain
what is it?
The North Eastern Railway (NER) Bogie Tank Passenger (BTP) locomotives were designed by Edward Fletcher in 1873. The locomotives were for hauling passenger services on branch lines. They had an 0-4-4 wheel layout and a total of 124 locomotives were built.
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 152 years ago, in 1874.
- 10.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1874
- retired
- 1929
- status
- retired
- number built
- 129
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Neilson and Company, R. & W. Hawthorn, Darlington Works, Holgate Road carriage works, Gateshead Works
- designer
- Edward Fletcher
- operators
- North Eastern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-4T
- length
- 10.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6953536, Wikipedia: NER Bogie Tank Passenger (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.