LNER CLASS J94

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) 'J94 Class' is a class of steam locomotive that was formed when 75 former "Austerity" 0-6-0STs were purchased by the LNER in 1946 from the War Department.
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Contents

Overview

Preservation

Real J94s

Fake J94s

References

External links

Overview

The LNER had had trials with no in November 1945 and bought 75 of them in 1946, numbering them 8006-80. All entered British Railways (BR) service in 1948. BR added 60000 to their numbers so they became 68006-80, and classified them 4F.
They were used for shunting in docks, and other similar work where their short wheelbase meant they could negotiate sharp curves. They were used on the Cromford and High Peak Railway in Derbyshire, where they displaced the ex-North London Railway Class 75 class 2F 0-6-0Ts.
They were withdrawn between 1960 and 1967. A few were sold into industrial use with the National Coal Board (who had several other Austerities) and others. Many survive in preservation and have earnt themselves the knickname of 'buckets'.

Numbers			Builder	Date built	Withdrawn	Notes
LNER	BR	WD
8006	68006	5094, 75094	Hudswell Clarke	1944	1967	Used on C&HPR
8007	68007	5097, 75097	Hudswell Clarke	1944	1962
8008	68008	5101, 75101	Hunslet	1944	1963
8009	68009	5108, 75108	Hunslet	1944	1962
8010	68010	5117, 75117	Hunslet	1944	1965
8011	68011	5119, 75119	Hunslet	1944	1965
8012	68012	5124, 75124	Hunslet	1944	1967	Used on C&HPR
8013	68013	5125, 75125	Hunslet	1944	1965
8014	68014	5134, 75134	Hunslet	1944	1964
8015	68015	75139	Hunslet	1944	1963
8016	68016	75148	Hunslet	1944	1964
8017	68017	75149	Hunslet	1944	1962
8018	68018	5150, 75150	Bagnall	1944	1962
8019	68019	5153, 75153	Bagnall	1944	1964
8020	68020	75164	Bagnall	1944	1963	Sold to NCB
8021	68021	5183, 75183	Robert Stephenson and Hawthorne	1944	1963
8022	68022	5184, 75184	Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne	1944	1960
8023	68023	5190, 75190	Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne	1944	1965
8024	68024	71509	Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne	1944	1964
8025	68025	71498	Hudswell Clarke	1944	1967
8026	68026	71506	Hudswell Clarke	1945	1961
8027	68027	71440	Hunslet	1945	1960
8028	68028	71440	Hunslet	1945	1963
8029	68029	71451	Hunslet	1945	1963
8030	68030	71440	Hunslet	1945	1962
8031	68031	75272	Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne	1945	1963
8032	68032	75272	Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne	1945	1964
8032	68032	75281	Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne	1945	1963	Sold into industrial use
8047	68047	75258	Bagnall	1945	1965
8048	68048	75259	Bagnall	1945	1963
8049	68049	75260	Bagnall	1945	1963
8050	68050	75261	Bagnall	1945	1965	Sold to NCB
8051	68051	75263	Bagnall	1945	1964
8052	68052	75264	Bagnall	1945	1962
8053	68053	75265	Bagnall	1945	1965
8054	68054	75266	Bagnall	1945	1964
8055	68055	75267	Bagnall	1945	1963
8056	68056	75268	Bagnall	1945	1963
8057	68057	75269	Bagnall	1945	1962
8058	68058	75270	Bagnall	1945	1962
8059	68059	75271	Bagnall	1945	1963
8060	68060	71467	Hudswell Clarke	1945	1965
8061	68061	71468	Hudswell Clarke	1945	1963
8062	68062	71468	Hudswell Clarke	1945	1965
8063	68063	71469	Hudswell Clarke	1945	1962
8063	68063	71480	Hudswell Clarke	1945	1962
8064	68064	71471	Hudswell Clarke	1945	1962
8065	68065	71473	Hudswell Clarke	1945	1962
8066	68066	71474	Hudswell Clarke	1945	1962
8067	68067	71475	Hudswell Clarke	1945	1963	Sold to NCB
8068	68068	71476	Hudswell Clarke	1946	1965
8069	68069	71477	Hudswell Clarke	1946	1962
8070	68070	71486	Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne	1945	1963	Sold for Industrial use
8071	68071	71532	Barclay	1945	1963
8072	68072	71533	Barclay	1945	1960
8073	68073	71534	Barclay	1945	1961
8074	68074	71535	Barclay	1945	1962
8075	68075	(71536)	Barclay	1945	1962
8076	68076	(71462)	Barclay	1946	1960
8077	68077	(71466)	Barclay	1946	1962	Sold to NCB; Preserved on K&WVR
8078	68078	(71463)	Barclay	1946	1963	Sold to Derek Crouch Ltd; Preserved
8079	68079	(71464)	Barclay	1946	1966
8080	68080	(71465)	Barclay	1946	1961

Preservation

Two, BR Nos 68077 and 68078 and have been preserved. In addition a large number of Austerities that were used in industry and have survived to preservation. Several of these have been disguised as BR locomotives.

Real J94s

Numbers		Location	Condition	Link to database
LNER	BR
8077	68077			[1]
8078	68078			[2]

Fake J94s

Numbers		Builder	Works No.	Date
LNER	BR
	68005	RSH	7169	1945
	68006	Hunslet	3192	1944
	68009	Hunslet	3825	1954
	68011	Hunslet	3796	1953
	68012	W.G.Bagnall	2746	1944
	68012	Hunslet	3193/3887	1944
	68030	Hunslet	3777	1952
	68072	Vulcan	5309	1945
	68081	Hunslet	2855	1943

References

★ ''Continent, Coalfield and Conservation - The Biographical History of the British Army Austerity 0-6-0 Saddle Tank'' by A.P.Lambert & J.C.Woods ISBN 0-901096-63-6

★ ''Locomotives Illustrated No.61 - The Hunslet 'Austerity' 0-6-0STs'' (Introduction by Don Townsley) Ian Allen Ltd, 1988

External links

★ LNER encyclopedia

★ railuk database

★ http://www.cirsel.freeserve.co.uk/wdindex.htm