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NER/LNER Fletcher "G6" Class 0-4-4T

**Class Types**
LNER Class	G6

General

Designer

Edward Fletcher

Introduced

1876

Pre-Grouping Company

North Eastern Railway

Grouping Company

London and North Eastern Railway

Wheel Arrangement

0-4-4T

Number Built as G6

124

Number Scrapped

124

Number Preserved

0

First in Service

04/1874

Manufacturers

Manufacturer	Total
Darlington Works	25
Gateshead Works	65
Neilson, Reid & Co.	12
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd	20
York Works	2

Orders

Builder	Sponsor	Order #	Date	Size
Neilson, Reid & Co.		n/a	1874	12
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd		n/a	1875	10
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd		n/a	1875	10
Gateshead Works		n/a	1876	10
Darlington Works		n/a	1877	4
Gateshead Works		n/a	1877	5
Darlington Works		n/a	1878	5
Darlington Works		n/a	1878	2
Gateshead Works		n/a	1878	10
Gateshead Works		n/a	1878	5
Darlington Works		n/a	1879	6
Darlington Works		n/a	1879	2
Gateshead Works		n/a	1879	3
Gateshead Works		n/a	1879	5
Gateshead Works		n/a	1879	6
Gateshead Works		n/a	1879	6
Darlington Works		n/a	1880	6
Gateshead Works		n/a	1880	5
Gateshead Works		n/a	1882	6
Gateshead Works		n/a	1883	4
York Works		n/a	1884	2

**Power**
Variant Introduced	1874