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GER/LNER Hill "N7" Class 0-6-2T

**Class Types**
GER Class	L77
LNER Class	N7

General

Designer

Alfred Hill

Introduced

1915

Pre-Grouping Company

Great Eastern Railway

Grouping Company

London and North Eastern Railway

Description (1957)

Class N7/4. Hill's design of 4'10" 0-6-2T's for the Great Eastern suburban services. Built between 1915 and 1924, originally with Belpaire fireboxes, but all have now received Gresley round-topped boilers.

Classes N7/1, N7/2, N7/3 and N7/5, Gresley's development of the original G.E.R. design, some constructed with Belpaire fireboxes, but most of the later ones were built new with round-topped boilers. The majority of the Belpaires have since been rebuilt to conform with the later locomotives.

Wheel Arrangement

0-6-2T

Number Built as N7

134

First in Service

01/1915

Last in Service

16/09/1962

Manufacturers

Manufacturer	Total
Beardmore, Dalmuir, Glasgow	20
Doncaster Works	32
Gorton Works	40
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd	20
Stratford Works	22

Orders

Builder	Sponsor	Order #	Date	Size
Stratford Works		L77	1915	2
Stratford Works		K85	1921	10
Stratford Works		K89	1923	10
Gorton Works		n/a	1925	10
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd		n/a	05/1925	20
Doncaster Works		311	1926	9
Gorton Works		n/a	1926	20
Beardmore, Dalmuir, Glasgow		n/a	04/1926
Doncaster Works		310	06/1926	10
Doncaster Works		312	12/1926	10
Doncaster Works		313	12/1926	3
Gorton Works		n/a	1927	10

**Illustration**

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**Power**
	N7	N7/1	N7/2	N7/3	N7/4	N7/5
Variant Introduced	1915	1925	1927	1927	1940	1943

**Wheels**
	N7	N7/1	N7/2	N7/3	N7/4	N7/5

**Dimensions**
	N7	N7/1	N7/2	N7/3	N7/4	N7/5

**Boiler & Firebox**
	N7	N7/1	N7/2	N7/3	N7/4	N7/5

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