NER Class E


The North Eastern Railway Class E, classified as Class J71 by the London and North Eastern Railway, was a class of small 0-6-0T steam locomotive designed by T.W. Worsdell. They had inside cylinders and Stephenson valve gear and were the basis for the later NER Class E1.

Numbering

Eighty-one of them passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and they were numbered 68230-68316.

Accidents and incidents