NER Class W1

Specifications
Configuration	4-6-2T
UIC class	2′C1′ n2t / 2′C1′ h2t
Gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value).
Driver diameter	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value).
Trailing dia	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value).
Length	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value).
Loco weight	Saturated: 78.00 long tons (79.25 t; 87.36 short tons); Superheated: 79.00 long tons (80.27 t; 88.48 short tons);
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	4.00 long tons (4.06 t; 4.48 short tons)
Water cap	1,893 imp gal (8,610 L; 2,273 US gal)
Boiler pressure	175 lbf/in2 (1.21 MPa)
Firegrate area	23 sq ft (2.1 m2)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	19 in × 26 in (483 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson
Valve type	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). piston valves

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Wilson Worsdell / Vincent Raven
Builder	Gateshead Works
Build date	1907–1908
Total produced	10
Rebuild date	1914–1917
Number rebuilt	10

NER Class W1
LNER Class A6
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Wilson Worsdell / Vincent Raven
Builder	Gateshead Works
Build date	1907–1908
Total produced	10
Rebuild date	1914–1917
Number rebuilt	10
Specifications
Configuration	4-6-2T
UIC class	2′C1′ n2t / 2′C1′ h2t
Gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value).
Driver diameter	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value).
Trailing dia	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value).
Length	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value).
Loco weight	Saturated: 78.00 long tons (79.25 t; 87.36 short tons); Superheated: 79.00 long tons (80.27 t; 88.48 short tons);
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	4.00 long tons (4.06 t; 4.48 short tons)
Water cap	1,893 imp gal (8,610 L; 2,273 US gal)
Boiler pressure	175 lbf/in2 (1.21 MPa)
Firegrate area	23 sq ft (2.1 m2)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	19 in × 26 in (483 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson
Valve type	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). piston valves
Performance figures
Tractive effort	22,830 lbf (101.55 kN)
Career
Operators	North Eastern Railway; London and North Eastern Railway; British Railways;
Power class	BR: 4P
Axle load class	LNER/BR: Route availability 4
Withdrawn	1947–1953
Disposition	All scrapped

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). At the 1923 Grouping, they all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway, who placed them in their Class A6.

Modifications

Seven of the locomotives were fitted with superheaters between 1937 and 1944.^[2]

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

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

Table of locomotives^[3]
NER no.	Date rebuilt	Date superheated	LNER 1946 No.	BR No.	Date withdrawn	Notes
686	May 1915	May 1944	9790	—	Jun 1947
687	Jan 1917	May 1943	9791	69791	Aug 1951
688	Sep 1914	Dec 1944	9792	69792	Feb 1948	Withdrawn before BR number applied
689	May 1915	Aug 1937	9793	69793	Apr 1951
690	Aug 1916	—	9794	69794	Aug 1951
691	Jun 1915	—	9795	69795	Jul 1950
692	May 1916	Sep 1937	9796	69796	Mar 1953
693	Feb 1916	Jan 1937	9797	69797	Aug 1951
694	May 1915	—	9798	69798	Feb 1951
695	Jul 1915	Jan 1937	9799	69799	Feb 1950	Withdrawn before BR number applied

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