NER Class W1

NER Class W1
LNER Class A6
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Build date 1914-1917 (rebuild)
Total produced 10
Specifications
Configuration 4-6-2T
Gauge 4' 8½"
Leading dia 3' 1¼"
Driver diameter 5' 1¼"
Length 43' 11"
Loco weight 78 long tons
without superheater
79 long tons
with superheater
Fuel type coal
Fuel capacity 4 long tons
Water cap 1,893 imperial gallons
Firebox:
  Firegrate area
23 sq.ft.
Boiler pressure 175 psi
Cylinders two inside
Cylinder size 19" x 26"
Performance figures
Tractive effort 23,830 lbf

The NER Class W1 was a 4-6-2T steam locomotive of the North Eastern Railway. The class was introduced in 1914 as a rebuild of Wilson Worsdell's NER Class W 4-6-0T (introduced 1907). On being acquired by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923 the W1s were re-classified A6. The information in the infobox (right) is taken from sources.[1][2]

Modifications

Seven of the locomotives were fitted with superheaters between 1937 and 1944.[3]

British Railways

One locomotive was withdrawn in 1947 but the remaining nine passed to British Railways in 1948 and were numbered as follows:

This seems to conflict with the claim that seven locomotives were fitted with superheaters but, possibly, the superheater was removed from one locomotive. This might have happened when a boiler was changed.

Withdrawal

One locomotive was withdrawn in 1947 and the others had all been withdrawn by the end of 1951. None are preserved.

References

  1. Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 4, page 55
  2. http://www.lner.info/locos/A/a6.shtml
  3. http://www.lner.info/locos/A/a6.shtml
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