LNER 2-4-0 Locomotives
2-4-0 Tender Locomotives
2-4-0 tender locomotives were an evolutionary step in express passenger design, coming after the 'Singles' (eg. 2-2-2s and 4-2-2s) but before the 4-4-0s ('Americans'). The development of the express passenger 2-4-0 depended on the ability to make steel connecting rods that were strong enough for high speed running. They were superceded by 4-4-0s which offered greater high speed stability due to their front bogies.
The move from 2-4-0s to 4-4-0s occurred during the 19th Century, resulting in only eight 2-4-0 tender designs surviving into LNER ownership.
Class | Builder | Designer | First Built | Last Withdrawal | Comments |
E1 | GNR | Stirling | 1884 | 1927 | 1884 date includes GNR E2 rebuilds. |
E2 | GCR | Parker | 1887 | 1924 | |
12A | GCR | Sacre | 1885 | 1923 | Withdrawn before receiving an LNER Classification |
E4 | GER | J. Holden | 1891 | 1959 | "Intermediates" |
E5 | NER | Tennant | 1885 | 1929 | 'Tennants' |
'901' | NER | Fletcher | 1875 | 1925 | Withdrawn before receiving an LNER Classification |
'1440' | NER | Fletcher | 1875 | 1925 | Withdrawn before receiving an LNER Classification |
E7 | NBR | Wheatley | 1873 | 1927 |
2-4-0 Tank Locomotives
Very few of the LNER constituent companies ever built 2-4-0T tank locomotives, hence only two 2-4-0T locomotives served with the LNER - both inherited from the Great Central Railway (GCR). It should also be noted that many of the J65 0-6-0T class were operated in a 2-4-0T configuration with the front two axles uncoupled.
Class | Builder | Designer | First Built | Last Withdrawal | Comments |
E8 | GCR | Sacre | 1881 | 1925 |