NER Class K
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| Power type | Steam |
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| Designer | T. W. Worsdell |
| Build date | 1890 |
| Configuration | 0-4-0T |
| Gauge | standard gauge |
| Driver size | 3' 0" |
| Locomotive weight | 15 tons 10 cwt |
| Fuel type | coal |
| Boiler pressure | 140 psi |
| Cylinders | two inside |
| Cylinder size | 11" x 15" |
| Tractive effort | 6,000 lbf |
The North Eastern Railway (NER) Class K classified as Class Y8 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) is a class of 0-4-0T steam locomotives designed for shunting. It was designed by Thomas W. Worsdell and five of these tiny engines were built in 1890. These were numbered 559-63.
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[edit] Post-NER
All five survived into LNER ownership. However, the Depression-era reduction in dock traffic and the increased use of Sentinel shunters (LNER Class Y1 and LNER Class Y3) led to the scrapping of three Y8s in 1936/7. Numbers 559 and 560 survived to the 1946 renumbering, and were renumbered as 8090 and 8091 respectively. Both survived into British Railways (BR) ownership, but neither survived long enough to acquire an updated '60000' number plate. 8090 was withdrawn in November 1948. 8091 became Departmental Locomotive No. 55, and acquired a 50A shed plate. This locomotive was finally withdrawn in June 1954.
[edit] Construction
The Y8s were originally fitted with 'marine' type boilers, ie. with a cylindrical flue into which the grate fitted. Between 1902 and 1904, they were all re-boilered with more traditional boilers similar to those fitted to the NER Class H locomotives.
Originally, all of the Y8s were fitted with a single whistle of the bell-shaped type. 560, 561, and 563 acquired the organ type during LNER ownership. 559 also had one of these whistles fitted, but after 1940. In 1942, 560 acquired the chime whistle from the Gresley A4 4469, which was destroyed during an air raid at York. By 1946, the original organ-pipe whistle had been restored.
[edit] Preservation
None of the original five survived into preservation but plans are afoot to build a replica of this class of engine at the Beamish Museum as its small size and marine type boiler are seen as perfect for the museum's short demonstration line.
[edit] Sources
- Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 4, page 46.
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