#1535
NER Class Z
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1911· class of 50 British 4-4-2 locomotives, later LNER class C7
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- 1. C7 No. 717: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The NER Class Z (LNER Class C7) was an 4-4-2 "Atlantic" class of locomotives designed by Vincent Raven. It was introduced in 1911.
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 115 years ago, in 1911.
- 11.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 37 years (1911–1948).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1911–1918
- in service from
- 1911
- retired
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 50
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company, Darlington Works
- designer
- Vincent Raven
- operators
- North Eastern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, North Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2
- length
- 11.9 m
- weight
- 5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q115677255, Wikipedia: NER Class Z (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.