NBR 2-4-0 (LNER Class E7) at Carlisle
2-4-0 tender engines for local passenger services. 8 engines were built at Cowlairs in 1873. NBR nos 418, 419 & 424-429. Although Wheatley pioneered the use of inside cylinder 4-4-0 locomotives for express passenger work in the British Isles, all of these locomotives were withdrawn before Grouping. In fact, the six Class E7 2-4-0s were his only North British Railway (NBR) express designs to survive into LNER ownership. This was probably due to them being rebuilt twice during their lives. The first rebuilds occurred during 1890-1, when all eight Class P locomotives received standard Holmes boilers and cabs. Six of the Class Ps were rebuilt a second time in 1915. At Grouping (1923), three were allocated to the Berwickshire branch (to St. Boswells), and the other three hauled local passenger services in Fife. Withdrawals started in 1925, and No. 10247 (NBR No. 426, later No. 1247) was the last to be withdrawn in 1927. No. 10247 spent the last year or so of its life working on the Morningside branch from Bathgate.
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Location: Carlisle
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