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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
ManufacturerTotal
Stratford Works 22
Gorton Works 40
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd 20
Beardmore, Dalmuir, Glasgow 20
Doncaster Works 32
Orders
BuilderSponsorOrder #DateSize
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