0-4-0T Class Y7 NER Profile and Models

0-4-0T Class Y7 NER

1310 at Barrow Hill in April 2012. ©Tony Hisgett

The North Eastern Railway (NER) Class H, classified as Class Y7 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) is a class of 0-4-0T steam locomotives designed for shunting. Introduced in 1888 by Thomas W. Worsdell, six were built in the initial batch. Their simple, bare design easily navigated the tight curves and poor quality track which they ran on. The H proved so successful, that the NER ordered a further ten in 1891, three in 1897 and five more were ordered by the LNER in 1923. The original work of these locos was on Tyneside, at Hull docks, and within Darlington works, but LNER no. 8088 was recorded working at Stratford works between 1943 and 1952. Dock work was hit hard by the depression, and between 1929 and 1932 the sixteen locomotives which made up the first two batches delivered were withdrawn, nine being sold to industrial use while the remainder were scrapped. At least one operated passenger trains on the North Sunderland Railway before its closure in 1951. Two have survived to preservation

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

NER Gateshead & Darlington Works

Build Date

1888 to 1923

Total Built

24

Tractive Effort

11,040 lbf

Wheel Configuration

0-4-0T

Operated By

North Eastern Railway
London & North Eastern Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Shunting

In Service Until

1952

Surviving Examples

2

 

Products awaiting categorisation

Scale Brand Image Construction Type DCC Capability Product Code Product Title Livery
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Nu-Cast Y7NuCast NER Y7 0-4-0T kit Requires assembly Not set Y7NuCast
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NER Y7 0-4-0T kit Awaiting Categorisation