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