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The London and North Eastern Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain...

 (LNER) J94 Class is a class of steam locomotive
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...

 that was formed when 75 former "Austerity" 0-6-0ST
Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST
The Hunslet Engine Company Austerity 0-6-0ST is a steam locomotive designed for shunting. The class became the standard British shunting locomotive during the Second World War, and production continued until 1964 at various locomotive manufacturers....

s were purchased by the LNER in 1946 from the War Department
War Department (UK)
The War Department was the United Kingdom government department responsible for the supply of equipment to the armed forces of the United Kingdom and the pursuance of military activity. In 1857 it became the War Office...

.

Overview

The LNER had had trials with one 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
Cromford and High Peak Railway
The Cromford and High Peak Railway in Derbyshire, England, was completed in 1831, to carry minerals and goods between the Cromford Canal wharf at High Peak Junction and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge -Origins:...

 in Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

, where they displaced the ex-North London Railway
North London Railway
The North London Railway was a railway company that opened lines connecting the north of London to the East and West India Docks. The main east to west route is now part the North London Line. Other lines operated by the company fell into disuse, but were later revived as part of the Docklands...

 Class 75
NLR Class 75
The North London Railway Class 75 is a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotive.Thirty were built to a design by J.C. Park from 1879 to 1905. They were designed for shunting the NLR's docks and were very compact but powerful engines. This made them suitable later for transfer onto the Cromford and High...

 class 2F 0-6-0Ts.

They were withdrawn between 1960 and 1967. A few were sold into industrial use with the National Coal Board
National Coal Board
The National Coal Board was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom. Set up under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, it took over the mines on "vesting day", 1 January 1947...

 (who had several other Austerities) and others.

Stock list


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.

LNER/BR J94s

Numbers Location Condition Link to database
LNER BR
8077 68077 Spa Valley Railway
Spa Valley Railway
The Spa Valley Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway that runs between Tunbridge Wells, High Rocks, Groombridge, and Eridge railway station, where it links with the Oxted Line. En route it crosses the Kent and East Sussex border, a distance of 5 miles , along the former Three Bridges to...

 Undergoing Overhaul http://ukhrail.uel.ac.uk/cgi-bin/rlylocos?NO=68077&NA=&CL=&CO=ANY&BL=&WN=&LO=
8078 68078 Kent Locomotives Ltd - Sellinge, Kent In active process of restoration http://ukhrail.uel.ac.uk/cgi-bin/rlylocos?NO=68078&NA=&CL=&CO=ANY&BL=&WN=&LO=

Locomotives disguised as 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

The J94 in fiction

An Austerity was in the film The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery filmed on the Longmoor Military Railway
Longmoor Military Railway
The Longmoor Military Railway was a British military railway in Hampshire, built by the Royal Engineers from 1903 in order to train soldiers on railway construction and operations.-Route:...

. This loco a "fake" J94, No. 3796 Errol Lonsdale was subsequently preserved on the Mid Hants Railway and later on the South Devon Railway. It has recently been sold abroad believed to be to Holland.

Models

The erstwhile Kitmaster company produced an unpowered polystyrene injection moulded model kit for 00 gauge, which went on sale in March 1959. In late 1962, the Kitmaster brand was sold by its parent company (Rosebud Dolls) to Airfix
Airfix
Airfix is a UK manufacturer of plastic scale model kits of aircraft and other subjects. In Britain, the name Airfix is synonymous with the hobby, a plastic model of this type is often simply referred to as "an airfix kit" even if made by another manufacturer....

, who transferred the moulding tools to their own factory; they re-introduced some of the former Kitmaster range, including this locomotive. The tools were destroyed in a fire so Dapol
Dapol
Dapol Ltd is a Welsh model railway manufacturer based in Chirk, Wales. The factory where design and manufacturing take place is just over the border in England.The Dapol trading name is known for its model railway products in N and OO gauges.-History:...

 were unable to produce further kits after their acquisition of the former Airfix moulds. Dapol did however produce a Ready to Run 00 gauge model of the J94.
Graham Farish
Graham Farish
Graham Farish is a company that produces large quantities of British outline model railway equipment in N gauge.-History:The Poole, Dorset based manufacturer of radio parts and kits entered the model railway business in the late 1940s, after the need for radio sets reduced post World War II...

 and, subsequently, Bachmann
Bachmann Industries
Bachmann Industries is a Bermuda registered Chinese owned company, globally head quartered in Hong Kong; specializing in model railroading....

 produced N gauge Ready to Run models of the J94.

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