Dapol 2S-022-001 NER 1715 Wordsell E1/J72 Class 0-6-0T NER Lined Green N

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113 of these useful engines were built in nine batches spread over a surprsingly long period of time.
The first batch of 10 E1 class locomotives was built in 1898 to the design of Wilson Wordsell. The new class was a development of his brother T W Wordsells' E class shunting engines, later LNER class J71, the new E1 featuring larger cylinders and slightly smaller wheels, giving a higher tractive effort. A second batch of 10 was built the following year and in 1914 the drawings were modified slightly, incorporating heavier frames and a larger bunker for a further batch of 20. Ten more were built in 1920 along with 25 ordered from Armstrong Whitworth & Co, delivered in 1922.
Following the grouping of the NER into the new LNER company a further ten J72s were built in 1925, but LNER switched to buying 4-wheel Sentinel locomotives for light shunting duties and the J72 was dropped from the standardisation plans.
Until 1946 when A H Peppercorn was appointed CME and more J72s were ordered under the 1946 programme. 15 new J72s emerged in 1949, followed by 5 more in 1950 and another (final) 8 in 1951, 53 years after the first locomotive built.
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