NER Class M1
23 ft 9 in (7.24 m) Class Q1 engine
12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) tender
45 ft 8+1⁄4 in (13.926 m) Class M1/Q total
46 ft 2+3⁄4 in (14.091 m) Class Q1 total
Q: 18.8 long tons (19.1 t)
Q1: 19.2 long tons (19.5 t)
50.3 long tons (51.1 t) (Class Q)
53.5 long tons (54.4 t) (Class Q1)
91.5 long tons (93.0 t) (Class Q)
94.7 long tons (96.2 t) (Class Q1)
20 in × 26 in (508 mm × 660 mm) (No. 1870)
Performance figures | |
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Tractive effort | 14,974 lbf (66.61 kN) (Class M1/Q) 13,990 lbf (62.23 kN) (No. 1869) 15,500 lbf (69 kN) (No. 1870) |
Career | |
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Operators | North Eastern Railway, London & North Eastern Railway, British Rail |
Withdrawn | 1931–1945 (Class M1) 1931–1948 (Class Q) 1930 (Class Q1) |
Disposition | One M1 preserved (No. 1621); remainder M1, Q & Q1 scrapped |
The North Eastern Railway Class M1 (LNER Class D17/1) is a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive, designed by Wilson Worsdell. 20 initial engines were built, then 30 further units were built, designated Class Q (LNER Class D17/2).
Classification
Classification was complex. The NER initially classified these locomotives "M1", while a variant (with compound expansion) was classified "M". The compound was later re-classified "3CC" and the "M1" was re-classified "M".
Under LNER ownership the "M" (formerly "M1") became LNER Class D17/1 and the "3CC" (formerly "M") became LNER Class D19.
This table summarises LNER classes D17, D18 and D19, which were all very similar:
Original NER class | New NER class | LNER Class | Cylinders | Driving wheels |
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M1 | M | D17/1 | (2) 19″ × 26″ | 7′ 1¼″ |
Q | - | D17/2 | (2) 19½″ × 26″ | 7′ 1¼″ |
Q1 | - | D18 | (2) 19½″ × 26″ | 7′ 7¼″ |
M | 3CC | D19 | HP (1) 19″ × 26″ LP (2) 20″ × 24″ | 7′ 1¼″ |
- HP = high-pressure cylinder, LP = low-pressure cylinders
Accidents and incidents
- On 4 October 1894, locomotive No. 1622 was one of two locomotives hauling a sleeping car train which overran signals and collided with a freight train that was being shunted at Castle Hills, Yorkshire. One person was killed.[1]
- On 14 February 1927, locomotive No. 1628 was hauling a passenger train that was in a head-on collision with another at Hull Paragon station, Yorkshire due to a signalman's error. Twelve people were killed and 24 were injured.[2]
Withdrawal
The last two D17/1s were withdrawn in 1945. Number 1629 was scrapped but number 1621 was saved for preservation.
No D17/1s passed into British Railways ownership. Two D17/2s did (BR numbers 62111 and 62112) but they were withdrawn in February 1948.
Preservation
- D17/1 number 1621 is preserved at the National Railway Museum. It is at the National Railway Museum in Shildon.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Hoole, Ken (1983). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4. Truro: Atlantic Books. p. 19. ISBN 0-906899-07-9.
- ^ Gerard, Malcolm; Hamilton, J. A. B. (1981) [1967]. Trains to Nowhere. London: Georg Allen & Unwin. pp. 37–40. ISBN 0-04-385084-7.
External links
- LNER Encyclopedia
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- P10 2-8-2T (Nov 1929)
- B 4-6-0 (Nov 1936)
- ? 4-8-2 (1939)
- Q 0-8-0 (June 1930)
- ? 4-8-4 (Feb 1946)
- ? 4-8-2 (Feb 1946)
- K 2-6-0 (Aug 1947)
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