In 1919 the North Eastern Railway made plans to electrify its York-Newcastle stretch of the East Coast Main Line and this locomotive was a prototype built for hauling passenger trains. It had an electrically heated boiler to generate steam for train heating.[2]
The wheels were arranged as in a 4-6-4 steam locomotive and the driving wheels were 6 ft 8 in (2.032 m) diameter. Each of the three driving axles was powered by a pair of traction motors. Electric locomotives of this design were common in continental Europe and the United States, but this was the only example on a British railway.
After grouping in 1923 the London and North Eastern Railway dropped the electrification project so (apart from some trials on the Shildon line) the locomotive was never used.[1] It survived into British Railways ownership but was withdrawn in August 1950, and scrapped on 15 December 1950.[1]
In common with other LNER electric locomotives, no classification was given to this locomotive until 4 October 1945, when no. 13 was classified EE1 (Electric Express 1).[1] In May 1946, no. 13 was renumbered to 6999; and under British Railways, it became no. 26600 in 1948.[1][3]
lner, class, class, electric, express, electric, locomotive, commissioned, north, eastern, railway, 1922, ownership, passed, london, north, eastern, railway, 1923, british, railways, 1948, north, eastern, railway, ee1type, originpower, typeelectricbuildernorth. Class EE1 Electric Express 1 1 was an electric locomotive commissioned by the North Eastern Railway in 1922 Ownership passed to the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923 and to British Railways in 1948 North Eastern Railway EE1Type and originPower typeElectricBuilderNorth Eastern Railway Darlington WorksBuild date1922Total produced1SpecificationsConfiguration UIC2 Co2 Commonwealth2 Co 2Gauge4 ft 8 1 2 in 1 435 mm standard gaugeDriver dia 6 ft 8 in 2 032 m Loco weight110 05 long tons 111 82 t 123 26 short tons Electric system s1500 V DC CatenaryCurrent pickup s Pantograph 2 offTraction motors300 hp 224 kW Metropolitan Vickers 6 offTrain heatingSteam generatorTrain brakesVacuumPerformance figuresPower output1 800 hp 1 300 kW Tractive effort28 000 lbf 124 6 kN CareerOperatorsNorth Eastern RailwayLondon and North Eastern RailwayBritish RailwaysNumbersNER 13LNER 13 later 6999 BR 26600Axle load classRoute availability 7DispositionStored 1923 1950 scrapped 1950 It was an electrically powered locomotive in the pre TOPS period Contents 1 Overview 2 Specification 3 Notes 4 ReferencesOverview editIn 1919 the North Eastern Railway made plans to electrify its York Newcastle stretch of the East Coast Main Line and this locomotive was a prototype built for hauling passenger trains It had an electrically heated boiler to generate steam for train heating 2 The wheels were arranged as in a 4 6 4 steam locomotive and the driving wheels were 6 ft 8 in 2 032 m diameter Each of the three driving axles was powered by a pair of traction motors Electric locomotives of this design were common in continental Europe and the United States but this was the only example on a British railway After grouping in 1923 the London and North Eastern Railway dropped the electrification project so apart from some trials on the Shildon line the locomotive was never used 1 It survived into British Railways ownership but was withdrawn in August 1950 and scrapped on 15 December 1950 1 In common with other LNER electric locomotives no classification was given to this locomotive until 4 October 1945 when no 13 was classified EE1 Electric Express 1 1 In May 1946 no 13 was renumbered to 6999 and under British Railways it became no 26600 in 1948 1 3 Specification editNumbers NER 13 LNER 6999 BR 26600 Wheel arrangement 2 Co 2 Introduced 1922 Builder North Eastern Railway Motors 6 x 300 hp 220 kW Metropolitan Vickers Total power 1 800 hp 1 342 kW Supply 1 500 V DC overheadNotes edit a b c d e Boddy et al 1990 p 98 Semmens Peter 1991 Electrifying The East Coast Route Patrick Stephens ISBN 0 85059 929 6 Boddy et al 1990 fig 134 References editHoole K 1988 The Electric Locomotives of the North Eastern Railway Headington Oakwood Press ISBN 0 85361 367 2 Locomotion Papers LP167 Boddy M G Fry E V Hennigan W Hoole Ken Mallaband Peter Neve E Price J H Proud P Yeadon W B April 1990 Fry E V ed Locomotives of the L N E R part 10B Railcars and Electric Stock Lincoln RCTS ISBN 0 901115 66 5 The NER Electric 2 Co 2 Class EE1 Locomotive No 13 nbsp This electric locomotive related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title LNER Class EE1 amp oldid 1191709711, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
