The LNER Encyclopedia

Hi All, I am new to this site and also this topic.

My father has left me some rather nice steam engine prints which I am trying to a little research on. Some are easier than others to find out about their history but NER 1463 is proving difficult.

I know she was built in Darlington Works in 1885 under the direction of H. N. Tennant and i know about the engine i.e. leading wheels, driving wheels, stroke etc but i was rather hoping for a little more about her working life. I also know she is currently being shown at Darlington Railway Museum.

Could anyone on this forum either point me in the right direction to find a synopsis of the history or possibly could write a quick synopsis?

Any help would be greatly received.

Thanks

I am not sure whether you are just interested in loco no 1463 or the whole class known as the NER class "1463"; later as LNER class E5. I cannot tell you much about the loco but this website has some information about the class -
http://www.lner.info/locos/E/e5.shtml

A quick rundown of the work and allocation of the class - initially used between York and Edinburgh on ECML expresses; gradually displaced and used on less important trains such as Newcastle-Carlisle; Leeds-York-Scarborough, the Stainmore line (Darlington-Tebay/Penrith). One of the class was based at Hull Dairycoates in 1922 and I suspect that this would be used on the fast fish trains maybe just to Doncaster but maybe further afield.

Withdrawal commenced in 1926 and was completed in 1929.

The RCTS publication "Locomotives of the LNER" volume 4 covers the E5s.

View of my E5-0 gauge non-preferred stud contact and coarse scale.
Jim Brodie.

The resignation of McDonnell from the North Eastern Railway in 1884 posed a big problem as the summer timetable of 1885 would see the introduction of the night express to Aberdeen. This would be booked to run non-stop from Newcastle to Edinburgh (the longest non-stop run in Europe at that time). McDonnell’s engines were clearly not up to the job and there could be no waiting for a new locomotive superintendent to be appointed. The General Manager, Mr. Henry Tenant brought together all the divisional locomotive superintendents in a committee over which he himself presided. This committee also contained W. Worsdell and worked together to design and build a suitable locomotive. The result was the “Tenant” class, of which 1463 was the first (Darlington built). There were a total of 20 of these engines. 1463 started her life at York shed (an interesting story here). Darlington built Nos. 1463 to 1472 while Gateshead built the rest (1473 - 1479, and 1504 – 1506).
1463, 1465, 1466, 1467 and 1468 were stationed at York. 1504, 1505 and 1506 were sent to Edinburgh, and the rest were allocated to Gatehead.
There is a lot more about these engines and a good reference is ‘Locomotives of the North Eastern Railway” by O.S. Nock, Ian Allan, 1954 (sadly out of print now, but copies can still be found).

Malcolm