LNER Class EE1
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.
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It was an electrically powered locomotive in the pre-TOPS period.
Overview
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some trials on the Shildon line) the locomotive was never used.[1] It survived into British Railways ownership but was withdrawn in August 1950, and scrapped on 15 December 1950.[1]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]
Specification
- Numbers: (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 overhead
Notes
- Boddy et al. (1990), p. 98.
- Semmens, Peter (1991). Electrifying The East Coast Route. ISBN 0-85059-929-6.
- Boddy et al. (1990), fig. 134.
References
- Hoole, 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