NER Class X

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Template other 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.Template:Sfn They were intended for use as powerful shunting engines to arrange and move coal wagons for loading into ships.Template:Sfn 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).Template:Sfn They had three cylinders with divided drive: the inside cylinder driving the leading axle, the outside cylinders driving the centre.Template:Sfn

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.Template:Sfn The steam reversing gear was removed again between 1941 and 1947.Template:Sfn In 1929, No. 1656 was moved to the newly built Whitemoor Yard at March, Cambridgeshire.Template:Sfn In 1932, this locomotive was replaced by Nos. 1355 and 1358.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn In 1936, No. 1355 moved to King's Cross to shunt the engine shed for seven weeks, before joining No. 1358 in Doncaster.Template:Sfn These two locomotives were scrapped at Doncaster in 1937.Template:Sfn The remaining T1s continued to work coal trains at various docks and marshalling yards throughout North East England.Template:Sfn After World War II, coal exports never returned to their pre-war levels.Template:Sfn Hence, many of the T1s moved to other sheds for heavy shunting duties.Template:Sfn

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.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn

Withdrawal

Two T1s were withdrawn in 1937, and the remainder were withdrawn between 1955 and 1961. No examples have been preserved.Template:Sfn

Year	Quantity in service at start of year	Quantity withdrawn	Locomotive numbers	Notes
1937	15	2	1355/58
1955	13	2	69914/19
1956	11	1	69922
1957	10	2	69911/16
1958	8	2	69913/18
1959	6	5	69910/12/15/17/20
1960	1	0	–
1961	1	1	69921

Sources

• Template:RCTS-LocosLNER
• Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 4, page 56

External links

• LNER Encyclopedia