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NER/LNER Worsdell "N8" Class 0-6-2T
Class Types
NER Class |
B |
LNER Class |
N8 |
General
Designer |
Thomas Worsdell |
Introduced |
1886 |
Pre-Grouping Company |
North Eastern Railway |
Grouping Company |
London and North Eastern Railway |
Description (1957) |
Class N8 & Class N9. Class N8 consisted originally of 62 engines, 5'1" 0-6-2T's, built by T. W. Worsdell in 1886-90 for the North Eastern. As first 134 constructed they were Worsdell-von Borries 2-cylinder compounds, but were later all converted to simples and some fitted with superheaters and/or piston valves. No. 69390 was the only locomotive of the class still running in 1956. Class N9 were 20 somewhat similar engines built new as simples 135 in 1893-94 by Wilson Worsdell, and all scrapped by 1955. |
Wheel Arrangement |
0-6-2T |
Number Built as N8 |
62 |
First in Service |
06/1886 |
Last in Service |
10/1956 |
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Power
Variant Introduced |
1886 |
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