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NER Class R
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by NER Gateshead Works· from 1899· class of 20 British 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The NER Class R (later LNER Class D20) was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive designed by Wilson Worsdell for the North Eastern Railway (NER). Sixty locomotives were built at Gateshead works between 1899 and 1907. They proved highly successful on express passenger services and were noted for their exceptional reliability.
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 127 years ago, in 1899.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1899–1907
- retired
- 1957
- status
- retired
- number built
- 60
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- NER Gateshead
- designer
- Wilson Worsdell
- operators
- North Eastern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6953558, Wikipedia: NER Class R (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.