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NER Class E
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by NER Darlington Works· from 1886· class of 120 British 0-6-0T locomotives, later LNER class J71
what is it?
The North Eastern Railway (NER) Class E, classified as Class J71 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), was a class of small 0-6-0T steam locomotives designed by T.W. Worsdell. They had inside cylinders and Stephenson valve gear and were the basis for the later NER Class E1 (LNER Class J72).
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 140 years ago, in 1886.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1886–1895
- number built
- 120
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- NER Darlington Works
- designer
- T.W. Worsdell
- operators
- North Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0T
- length
- 8.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6953544, Wikipedia: NER Class E (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.