NER Class V

The NER Class V was a class of twenty steam locomotives of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement. They were designed by Wilson Worsdell for the North Eastern Railway (NER) as express passenger locomotives.

NER Class V
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerWilson Worsdell
Builder
Build date
  • V: 1903–1904
  • V/09: 1910
Total produced
  • V: 10
  • V/09: 10
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4-4-2
Gauge4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.3 ft 7 1⁄4 in (1.099 m)
Coupled dia.6 ft 10 in (2.083 m)
Trailing dia.4 ft 0 in (1.219 m)
Wheelbase52 ft 3 7⁄8 in (15.948 m)
Length:
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 • Over couplers62 ft 8 3⁄8 in (19.110 m)
Loco weight76 long tons 4 cwt (77.4 t)
Tender weight45 long tons 6 cwt (46.0 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity5 long tons 0 cwt (5.1 t)
Water cap4,125 imp gal (18,750 l; 4,954 US gal)
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		27 sq ft (2.5 m2)
Boiler pressure175 lbf/in2 (1,210 kPa; 12.3 kgf/cm2)
Heating surface1,483.4 sq ft (137.81 m2)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size
  • V: 20 in × 28 in (508 mm × 711 mm)
  • V/09: 19 1⁄2 in × 28 in (495 mm × 711 mm)
Valve gearStephenson
Valve typePiston valves
Career
Operators
Number in class20
WithdrawnJanuary 1943 – March 1948
DispositionAll scrapped
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History

In the early part of the twentieth century, the main express passenger services of the NER were mostly being hauled by 4-4-0 locomotives. The newest of these were Class R, thirty of which were built between 1899 and 1901; they were supplemented by the five 4-6-0 locomotives of Class S1 built in 1900–01. Train weights were increasing, and it was clear that a better design was required. The southern partner of the NER in the East Coast route was the Great Northern Railway, which since 1898 had built a number of 4-4-2 locomotives (GNR Class C1) which proved capable of hauling the heaviest expresses of the period; and so Worsdell decided upon the same wheel arrangement for a new class for the NER.

The first ten, built at Gateshead in 1903–04, were assigned Class V; the second ten, built at Darlington in 1910 had some detail differences and were assigned Class V/09 (or V1 according to some sources), the /09 suffix referring to the year that the design was prepared.[2][3]

Class V were given numbers scattered between 295 and 1794 which were blank at the time. Class V/09 were given numbers 696–705. All twenty passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at the 1923 Grouping, becoming LNER Class C6, and they retained their numbers on the LNER.[2]

The locomotives were built to haul express passenger trains on the East Coast Main Line between York and Edinburgh Waverley, with a change of locomotives at Newcastle.[2] By the end of 1920, most of the class were allocated to the two main Newcastle-area depots, ten at Gateshead and eight at Heaton; but the remaining two were at York.[4] By Grouping, three had been reallocated to Tweedmouth, and York had gained a further two, leaving seven at Gateshead and six at Heaton. The York engines were mainly used between York and Newcastle; those at Tweedmouth worked between Berwick and Newcastle; but the Gateshead and Heaton engines could be used between Newcastle and York, Newcastle and Leeds, or between Newcastle and Edinburgh.[5]

Withdrawal

Withdrawal commenced with no. 532 in January 1943;[6] later that year, the nineteen surviving locomotives were allotted new numbers 2930–48, but by the time the scheme was published, no. 649 (which had been allotted no. 2930) had also been withdrawn, so the new series as published was 2931–48. The actual renumbering did not commence until 1946, by which time several more had been withdrawn, and only seven were ultimately renumbered.[7] Two, LNER nos. 2933 and 2937, remained in service at nationalisation, but both were withdrawn in March 1948 before the British Railways renumbering was prepared.[8]

Fleet list
No.BuilderBuiltClass1920 depot1943 LNER numberRenumberedWithdrawn
532GatesheadNovember 1903VHeaton––January 1943
649GatesheadDecember 1903VHeaton2930–August 1943
784GatesheadDecember 1903VHeaton2931November 1946November 1947
295GatesheadJune 1904VGateshead2932–March 1944
1680GatesheadJune 1904VHeaton2934June 1946November 1947
742GatesheadJune 1904VHeaton2933October 1946March 1948
1753GatesheadAugust 1904VHeaton2935–July 1946
1776GatesheadOctober 1904VHeaton2936–April 1944
1792GatesheadOctober 1904VHeaton2937November 1946March 1948
1794GatesheadOctober 1904VGateshead2938–May 1944
696DarlingtonMay 1910V/09Gateshead2939December 1946December 1947
697DarlingtonMay 1910V/09Gateshead2940–October 1945
698DarlingtonJune 1910V/09Gateshead2941December 1946December 1947
699DarlingtonJune 1910V/09York2942–July 1944
700DarlingtonJuly 1910V/09Gateshead2943–May 1946
701DarlingtonJuly 1910V/09Gateshead2944–August 1944
702DarlingtonAugust 1910V/09York2945–July 1946
703DarlingtonAugust 1910V/09Gateshead2946–January 1945
704DarlingtonSeptember 1910V/09Gateshead2947January 1947November 1947
705DarlingtonSeptember 1910V/09Gateshead2948–December 1943

Notes
  1. Boddy et al. 1979, p. 90, 98.
  2. Boddy et al. 1979, p. 89.
  3. Nock 1974, p. 134.
  4. Hoole 1997, pp. 30, 33–35, 44–45.
  5. Boddy et al. 1979, pp. 95, 110.
  6. Boddy et al. 1979, p. 96.
  7. Boddy et al. 1979, p. 90.
  8. Boddy et al. 1979, p. 97.
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References
  • Baxter, Bertram (1986). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825-1923, volume 5A: North Eastern Railway; Hull and Barnsley Railway. Ashbourne: Moorland Publishing. ISBN 0-903485-54-0. OCLC 503662482. OL 19991012M.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Boddy, M.G.; Brown, W.A.; Fry, E.V.; Hennigan, W.; Hoole, Ken; Manners, F.; Neve, E.; Platt, E.N.T.; Russell, O.; Yeadon, W.B. (November 1979). Fry, E.V. (ed.). Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., part 3A: Tender Engines - Classes C1 to C11. Kenilworth: RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-45-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Hoole, Ken (1997) [1961]. Locomotive Stock of the North Eastern Railway as at 31st December 1920. Manchester: North Eastern Railway Association. ISBN 1-873513-19-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Nock, O.S. (1974) [1954]. Locomotives of the North Eastern Railway. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0493-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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