NER Class M1
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The North Eastern Railway Class M1 (LNER Class D17/1) is a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive, designed by Wilson Worsdell. 20 initial engines were built, then 30 further units were built, designated Class Q (LNER Class D17/2).
Classification
Classification was complex. The NER initially classified these locomotives "M1", while a variant (with compound expansion) was classified "M". The compound was later re-classified "3CC" and the "M1" was re-classified "M".
Under LNER ownership the "M" (formerly "M1") became LNER Class D17/1 and the "3CC" (formerly "M") became LNER Class D19.
This table summarises LNER classes D17, D18 and D19, which were all very similar:
Original NER class | New NER class | LNER Class | Cylinders | Driving wheels |
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M1 | M | D17/1 | (2) 19″ × 26″ | 7′ 1¼″ |
Q | - | D17/2 | (2) 19½″ × 26″ | 7′ 1¼″ |
Q1 | - | D18 | (2) 19½″ × 26″ | 7′ 7¼″ |
M | 3CC | D19 | HP (1) 19″ × 26″ LP (2) 20″ × 24″ |
7′ 1¼″ |
- HP = high-pressure cylinder, LP = low-pressure cylinders
Accidents and incidents
- On 4 October 1894, locomotive No. 1622 was one of two locomotives hauling a sleeping car train which overran signals and collided with a freight train that was being shunted at Castle Hills, Yorkshire. One person was killed.[1]
- On 14 February 1927, locomotive No. 1628 was hauling a passenger train that was in a head-on collision with another at Hull Paragon station, Yorkshire due to a signalman's error. Twelve people were killed and 24 were injured.[2]
Withdrawal
The last two D17/1s were withdrawn in 1945. Number 1629 was scrapped but number 1621 was saved for preservation.
No D17/1s passed into British Railways ownership. Two D17/2s did (BR numbers 62111 and 62112) but they were withdrawn in February 1948.
Preservation
- D17/1 number 1621 is preserved at the National Railway Museum. It is at the National Railway Museum in Shildon.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Hoole, Ken (1983). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4. Truro: Atlantic Books. p. 19. ISBN 0-906899-07-9.
- ^ Gerard, Malcolm; Hamilton, J. A. B. (1981) [1967]. Trains to Nowhere. London: Georg Allen & Unwin. pp. 37–40. ISBN 0-04-385084-7.