NER Class X

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{{Infobox locomotive

| name = NER Class X
LNER Class T1

| image = Stockton Locomotive Yard geograph-2358822-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

| alt =

| caption = No. 69919 at Stockton Locomotive Depot 1954

| powertype = Steam

| designer = Wilson Worsdell

| builder = {{ubl|NER Gateshead Works (10)|Darlington Works (5)}}

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| buildmodel =

| builddate = 1909–1910 (10) and 1925 (5)

| totalproduction = 15

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| whytetype = 4-8-0T

| uicclass = 2′D n2t

| driver =

| gauge = {{track gauge|ussg}}

| leadingdiameter = {{convert|3|ft|1+1/4|in|m|3|abbr=on}}

| driverdiameter =

| coupleddiameter = {{convert|4|ft|7+1/4|in|m|3|abbr=on}}

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| wheelbase = {{convert|29|ft|0|in|m|3|abbr=on}}

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| length = {{convert|42|ft|1|in|m|3|abbr=on}}

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| axleload = {{convert|18.00|LT|abbr=on}}

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| weightondrivers = {{convert|67.60|LT|abbr=on}}

| locoweight = {{convert|85.40|LT|abbr=on}}

| fueltype = Coal

| fuelcap = {{convert|4.25|LT|abbr=on}}

| watercap = {{convert|2500|impgal|abbr=on}}

| sandcap =

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| firearea = {{convert|23|sqft|abbr=on}}

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| boilerpressure = {{convert|175|lbf/in2|MPa|abbr=on}}

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| totalsurface = {{convert|1295|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

| tubearea = {{convert|1168|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

| fluearea =

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| fireboxarea = {{convert|127|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

| superheatertype =

| superheaterarea =

| cylindercount = Three

| cylindersize = {{convert|18|x|26|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}

| valvegear = Stephenson

| valvetype = {{convert|8+3/4|in|mm|0|adj=on}} piston valves

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| trainheating =

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| safety =

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| tractiveeffort = {{convert|34080|lbf|kN|abbr=on}}

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| operator = {{ubl|North Eastern Railway|London and North Eastern Railway|British Railways}}

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| powerclass = BR: 7F, 5F from May 1953

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| axleloadclass = LNER/BR: Route availability 8

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| withdrawndate = 1937, 1955–1961

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| disposition = All scrapped

| notes =

}}

The NER Class X (LNER Class T1) was a class of 4-8-0T tank locomotive designed by Wilson Worsdell for the North Eastern Railway.{{sfn|Boddy|Brown|Fry|Hennigan|1977|p=29}} They were intended for use as powerful shunting engines to arrange and move coal wagons for loading into ships.{{sfn|Boddy|Brown|Fry|Hennigan|1977|p=29}} In total 15 were built, 10 by the NER between 1909 and 1910, and a further five in 1925 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).{{sfn|Boddy|Brown|Fry|Hennigan|1977|p=29}} They had three cylinders with divided drive: the inside cylinder driving the leading axle, the outside cylinders driving the centre.{{sfn|Ahrons|1927|p=338}}

Overview

The reversing gear was originally mechanical, but was replaced on all but two of the locomotives (nos. 1355/8) by steam-operated reversing gear between 1932 and 1934.{{sfn|Boddy|Brown|Fry|Hennigan|1977|pp=31–32}} The steam reversing gear was removed again between 1941 and 1947.{{sfn|Boddy|Brown|Fry|Hennigan|1977|pp=31–32}}

In 1929, No. 1656 was moved to the newly built Whitemoor Yard at March, Cambridgeshire.{{sfn|Boddy|Brown|Fry|Hennigan|1977|p=33}} In 1932, this locomotive was replaced by Nos. 1355 and 1358.{{sfn|Boddy|Brown|Fry|Hennigan|1977|p=33}} Whitemoor preferred the ex-GCR 0-8-4T (LNER Class S1) for hump shunting, so in 1934 No 1358 was moved to Doncaster, and No. 1355 to Mexborough.{{sfn|Boddy|Brown|Fry|Hennigan|1977|p=33}} In 1936, No. 1355 moved to King's Cross to shunt the engine shed for seven weeks, before joining No. 1358 in Doncaster.{{sfn|Boddy|Brown|Fry|Hennigan|1977|p=33}} These two locomotives were scrapped at Doncaster in 1937.{{sfn|Boddy|Brown|Fry|Hennigan|1977|p=33}} The remaining T1s continued to work coal trains at various docks and marshalling yards throughout North East England.{{sfn|Boddy|Brown|Fry|Hennigan|1977|p=33}} After World War II, coal exports never returned to their pre-war levels.{{sfn|Boddy|Brown|Fry|Hennigan|1977|p=34}} Hence, many of the T1s moved to other sheds for heavy shunting duties.{{sfn|Boddy|Brown|Fry|Hennigan|1977|p=34}}

Numbering

On the North Eastern Railway the first ten locomotives were numbered 1350–9; these numbers were retained following the formation of the LNER on 1 January 1923. The five built in 1925 were given LNER numbers 1656–60.{{sfn|Boddy|Brown|Fry|Hennigan|1977|pp=29,34}} In 1946, the thirteen remaining locomotives were renumbered 9910–22; these all passed to British Railways in 1948, being renumbered 69910-69922 between 1948 and 1951.{{sfn|Boddy|Brown|Fry|Hennigan|1977|pp=29,33,34}}

Withdrawal

Two T1s were withdrawn in 1937, and the remainder were withdrawn between 1955 and 1961. No examples have been preserved.{{sfn|Boddy|Brown|Fry|Hennigan|1977|p=34}}

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! Year !! Quantity in
service at
start of year !! Quantity
withdrawn !! Locomotive numbers !! Notes

1937152align=left | 1355/58align=left |
1955132align=left | 69914/19align=left |
1956111align=left | 69922align=left |
1957102align=left | 69911/16align=left |
195882align=left | 69913/18align=left |
195965align=left | 69910/12/15/17/20align=left |
196010align=left | –align=left |
196111align=left | 69921align=left |

Notes

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Sources

  • {{Cite book |last=Ahrons |first=E. L. |authorlink=E.L. Ahrons |title=The British Steam Railway Locomotive 1825-1925 |year=1927 |publisher=Locomotive Publishing Co. |location=Amen Corner, London }}
  • {{RCTS-LocosLNER|9B}}
  • Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 4, page 56