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NER Class C
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North Eastern Railway· from 1886· class of 171 British two-cylinder compound locomotives
what is it?
The NER Class C was a class of 171 two-cylinder compound steam locomotives of the 0-6-0 wheel arrangement built between 1886 and 1894 for the North Eastern Railway. These engines were designed to fill NER's need for goods engines; however, issues with reliability and fuel consumption led to all 171 being rebuilt as simple expansion engines Class C1 type between 1901 and 1913.
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
- 1886–1894
- retired
- 1913
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 171
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North Eastern Railway, Gateshead Works, Darlington Works
- designer
- T.W. Worsdell
- operators
- North Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6953540, Wikipedia: NER Class C (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.