LNER Class U1
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The London and North Eastern Railway Class U1 was a solitary 2-8-0+0-8-2 Beyer-Garratt locomotive designed for banking coal trains over the Worsborough Bank, a steeply graded line in South Yorkshire and part of the Woodhead Route. The locomotive was fitted with crew respirators due to the poor ventilation in the two tunnels on the bank. It spent a large part of its life allocated to Mexborough shed.
Built in 1925 with three cylinders per engine. The power units were based on the existing LNER O2 design of locomotive frames.
Originally numbered 2395, it was renumbered 9999 in March 1946, and then became British Railways No. 69999 after nationalisation in 1948, though it retained its cabsite number plate bearing the its original number throughout its life.
The locomotive ran for some time as an oil burner, and was tried out on the Lickey Incline in 1949/1950 and again, after the electrification of its home line, in 1955. These trials were unsuccessful, and so the locomotive was withdrawn 1955 and scrapped.
There are plans to build an LNER U1 Locomotive which will begin construction at Doncaster Works, South Yorkshire, for preservation.
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| Pre-grouping railway designs | |
| Great Central: | A5 - B18 - D11 - J11 - O4 |
| Great Eastern: | J65 - J16 - J17 - Y5 - J17 - N7 - ?? - J69 - B12 - J66 - D13 - E4 - J15 - J70 |
| Great North of Scotland: | D40 |
| Great Northern: | C1 - C2 - J6 - J52 - K3 - N2 |
| North British: | D34 - J36 - Y9 |
| North Eastern: | B16 - E5 - D17 - J21 - J27 - J72 - Q6 - Q7 - X1 - Y7 |
| LNER designs | |
| Gresley: | A1 - A3 - A4 - A8 - B17 -D49 - J38 - J39 - J50 - K4 - P1 - P2 - U1 - V1 - V2 - V3 - V4 - W1 |
| Thompson: | A1 - A2 - B1 - B2 - K1 - K5 - L1 - O1 - Q1 |
| Peppercorn: | A1 - A2 - A6- A7 A9 - K1 |
| Raven: | A2 - H1 |
| Locomotives of: | BR (steam) • GWR • LMS • Southern |
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