The North Eastern Railway (NER) Class E, classified as Class J71 by the

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(LNER), was a class of small

0-6-0 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels. This was the most common wheel arrangemen ...

T steam locomotive designed by T.W. Worsdell. They had inside cylinders and

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and were the basis for the later

NER Class E1 The North Eastern Railway Class E1, classified as Class J72 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), is a class of small 0-6-0T steam locomotives designed by Wilson Worsdell for shunting. They had inside cylinders and Stephenson va ...

(LNER Class J72).

Numbering

Eighty-one of them passed into

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ownership in 1948 and they were numbered 68230-68316 (with gaps).

Accidents and incidents

*In 1890, locomotive No. 811 was hauling a freight train when it was derailed on the Redheugh Incline,

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References

External links

The T.W. Worsdell J71 (NER Class E) 0-6-0 Tank Engines
''LNER Encyclopedia'' 0-6-0T locomotives E Railway locomotives introduced in 1886 Scrapped locomotives Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain {{England-steam-loco-stub