Class EE1 NER Profile and Models

Class EE1 NER

No. 13. Unknown date & location. ©Public Domain

In the 1910s the North Eastern Railway made plans to electrify its York-Newcastle main line and this locomotive was built for hauling passenger trains. It had an electrically heated boiler to generate steam for train heating. Each of the three driving axles was powered by a pair of traction motors. Electric locomotives of this design were common in continental Europe and the United States, but this was the only example on a British railway. After grouping in 1923 the London and North Eastern Railway dropped the electrification project so (apart from some trials on the Shildon line) the locomotive was never used. It survived into British Railways ownership but was withdrawn in August 1950, and scrapped on 15 December 1950.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Electric - 1500V DC Overhead

Builder

NER Darlington Works

Build Dates

1922

Total Built

1

Tractive Effort

28,000 lbf

Power Output

1,800 hp

Wheel Configuration

2-Co-2

Operated By

North Eastern Railway
London & North Eastern Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Express Passenger

In Service Until

1950

Surviving Examples

0