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LNER "E5" Class 2-4-0

**Class Types**
NER Class	1463
LNER Class	E5

General

Introduced

1885

Grouping Company

London and North Eastern Railway

Wheel Arrangement

2-4-0

Number Built as E5

First in Service

05/1885

Last in Service

02/1929

Orders

Builder	Sponsor	Order #	Date	Size
Darlington Works		n/a	1885	10
Gateshead Works		n/a	1885	10

**Illustration**

Copyright: Phil Seaford

**Power**
	Original Boiler	Worsdell Boiler
Variant Introduced	1885	1892
Tractive Effort	12,590lbs	As Original Boiler
Inside Cylinders	18" x 24" (2 off)	As Original Boiler
Inside Valves	Slide	As Original Boiler
Inside Motion	Stephenson	As Original Boiler

**Wheels**
	Original Boiler	Worsdell Boiler
Pony	4' 6"	As Original Boiler
Drivers	7'	As Original Boiler
Locomotive Wheelbase	16' 8"	As Original Boiler
Tender Wheelbase	12' 8"	As Original Boiler
Total Wheelbase	38' 7³⁄₄"	As Original Boiler
Descriptive Wheelbase	8' 0" + 8' 8" + 9' 3¾" + 6' 4" + 6' 4" = 38' 7¾"	As Original Boiler

**Dimensions**
	Original Boiler	Worsdell Boiler
Length (over buffers)	49' 11³⁄₄"	As Original Boiler
Weight (in running order)	74t 4cwt	As Original Boiler
Weight (loco only)	42t 4cwt	As Original Boiler
Adhesive Weight	29t 10cwt	As Original Boiler
Maximum Axle Load	15t 14cwt	As Original Boiler
Water Capacity	2,651gal	As Original Boiler
Coal Capacity	5t 0cwt	As Original Boiler

**Boiler & Firebox**
	Original Boiler	Worsdell Boiler
Boiler Diagram		67 (Saturated)
Boiler Max Diameter	4' 3"	4' 3"
Boiler Barrel Length	10' 7"	10' 7"
Boiler Pressure	140lbs	160lbs
Boiler Pitch	7' 2¹⁄₂"	As Original Boiler
Firebox Type	Round Top	Round Top
Firebox Length	5' 10"	6'
Firebox Grate Area	17ft²	17.2ft²
Firebox Heating Surface	114ft²	108ft²
Tube Number	221	205
Tube Diameter	1³⁄₄"	1³⁄₄"
Tube Area	1100.9ft²	1025ft²
Total Evaporative Area	1214.9ft²	1133ft²
Total Heating Area	1214.9ft²	1133ft²

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