Image Credit: James Pearcy, North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group

NER 69023 'Joem'

NER Class E1 69023 'Joem' / LNER J72


Type: Steam Locomotive

Configuration: 0-6-0

Designer: Wilson Worsdell

Built: 1951 at Darlington North Road Works (where Morrisons supermarket now sits, just around the corner from Hopetown Darlington).

Top Speed: 30mph

Boiler Pressure: 140 psi

Cylinders: 2 (17 in × 24 in)

Driving Wheel Diameter: 6 ft 8 in

Tractive Effort: 16,760 lbf

Fuel: Coal

Brakes: Vacuum

Livery: BR Green

Current Status: Under restoration by NELPG

Loading