#0244
NER 708 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Robert Stephenson and Company· from 1870· class of 70 British 0-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The NER 708 Class was a class of 0-6-0 freight steam locomotive of the North Eastern Railway, designed by Edward Fletcher in 1870.
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 156 years ago, in 1870.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1870–1873
- retired
- 1911
- status
- retired
- number built
- 70
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Robert Stephenson and Company, R. & W. Hawthorn
- designer
- Edward Fletcher
- 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 Q105615650, Wikipedia: NER 708 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.