The North Eastern Railway was formed by merger in 1854 and merged into the

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at the grouping in 1923. Between those dates five men held the post of

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. In addition many locomotives were inherited from the NER's constituents, and also from subsequent acquisitions, which are not listed here.

Edward Fletcher (1854–1883)

Edward Fletcher was inherited from the

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, one of the NER's constituents. There was very little standardization during his term of office, and only a few types are listed here.

Alexander McDonnell (1883–1884)

Alexander McDonnell moved from the

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of Ireland. However his policies proved unpopular with the drivers and he resigned after only one year in office.

Locomotive Committee (1884–1885)

Between A. McDonnell and T. W. Worsdell there was an interval during which the office was covered by a Locomotive Committee. The Locomotive Committee was chaired by Henry Tennant.

Thomas William Worsdell (1885–1890)

T. W. Worsdell was an enthusiast for

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and many of his designs used the two-cylinder system of

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, usually in conjunction with simple-expansion versions of the same engines for comparison. The compounds were mostly rebuilt as simple-expansion engines by his brother and successor Wilson Worsdell. He introduced the system of class designations, starting with "A" for the first, and so on, and then adding a digit for later developments of each. This system was reorganized somewhat in 1914.

Wilson Worsdell (1890–1910)

Wilson Worsdell Wilson Worsdell (7 September 1850 – 14 April 1920) was an English locomotive engineer who was locomotive superintendent of the North Eastern Railway from 1890 to 1910. He was the younger brother of T.W. Worsdell. Wilson was born at Monks Co ...

was the brother of his predecessor.

Vincent Raven (1910–1922)

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was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the North Eastern Railway.

Electric locomotives

All built for 1500 V DC overhead supply, except where noted.

Locomotives built to NER designs after 1922

Locomotives from constituent railways

This is a summary list. For further information, select the link to the constituent railway. ;Stockton and Darlington Railway The

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(SDR) was absorbed in 1863. The SDR contributed 157 locomotives to the NER stock and these initially kept their SDR numbers. From 1873, the SDR locomotives were renumbered, mostly by adding 1000.

Preserved locomotives

In addition to these locomotives, 2 new build steam locomotives are under construction: The first is a replica of

NER Class O The NER Class O (LNER Class G5) was a class of 0-4-4T steam locomotives of the North Eastern Railway, designed by the company's Chief Engineer, Wilson Worsdell. They all survived into British Railways ownership in 1948 and their BR numbers were ...

0-4-4T Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-4 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles. This type was only used ...

No. 1759. The locomotive is currently under construction by the Class G5 Locomotive Company at a site in

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as of 2023. The other is a replica of

NER Class K The North Eastern Railway (NER) Class K classified as Class Y8 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) is a class of 0-4-0T steam locomotives designed for shunting. It was designed by Thomas W. Worsdell and five of these tiny engines ...

0-4-0T No. 559. The locomotive is being built at the

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as of 2023.

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External links

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