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NER/LNER Worsdell "N9" Class 0-6-2T

**Class Types**
NER Class	N
LNER Class	N9

General

Designer

Thomas Worsdell

Introduced

1893

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 N9

Number Scrapped

First in Service

05/1893

Last in Service

07/1955

Manufacturers

Manufacturer	Total
Darlington Works	20

Orders

Builder	Sponsor	Order #	Date	Size
Darlington Works		n/a	1893	20

**Power**
Variant Introduced	1893
Tractive Effort	20,840lbs
Inside Cylinders	19" x 26" (2 off)
Inside Valves	Slide
Inside Motion	Stephenson

**Wheels**
Drivers	5' 1¹⁄₄"
Truck	3' 9¹⁄₄"
Total Wheelbase	22' 6"
Descriptive Wheelbase	8' 0" + 8' 6" + 6' 0" = 22' 6"

**Dimensions**
Length (over buffers)	36' 1"
Weight (in running order)	56t 10cwt
Adhesive Weight	44t 18cwt
Maximum Axle Load	16t 4cwt
Water Capacity	1,500gal
Coal Capacity	2t 10cwt

**Boiler & Firebox**
Boiler Diagram	67 (Saturated)
Boiler Max Diameter	4' 3"
Boiler Barrel Length	10' 7"
Boiler Pressure	160lbs
Boiler Pitch	7' 5¹⁄₂"
Firebox Type	Round Top
Firebox Length	6'
Firebox Grate Area	17.2ft²
Firebox Heating Surface	108ft²
Tube Number	205
Tube Diameter	1³⁄₄"
Tube Area	1025ft²
Total Evaporative Area	1133ft²
Total Heating Area	1133ft²

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