The GER Class L77, LNER Class N7, is a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotives. They were designed by Alfred John Hill of the Great Eastern Railway and introduced in 1915. The design …

Intended to replace a range of 0-4-4Ts and 2-4-2Ts, the N7 had a controlled side traverse to the leading coupled axleboxes in order to provide some flexibility in the wheelbase. This was …

The 0-6-2T configuration was a versatile type with designs for suburban workings as well as freight and shunting. The LNER acquired 529 examples at Grouping (1923) - more than any …

Nigel Gresley was impressed by the L77, so it continued service in the LNER, reclassified as the N7 Class. One hundred and twelve more N7s were built between 1925 and 1928 in five …

69621 was built at Stratford in March 1924 as the last locomotive of the original batch of 22 locomotives of the N7 class. In fact it was the last locomotive of any class to be built at …

Feb 28, 2022 · Locobase 20987 covers the first 80 N7/1s and N7/2s built for the LNER in 1923-1926 after the Grouped railway adopted the original N7 design described in Locobase 20531. …

Then the LNER built more as the K89 class (using the former GER reference as orders were placed prior to 1923). They later rebranded the entire class N7. This seems to be their most …

The overhaul on LNER N7 0-6-2T No. 69621 is now underway at the East Anglian Railway Museum. The East Anglia Railway Museum have announced that No. 69621 is to be returned …

Mar 1, 2019 · Factfile: LNER ‘N7’ 0‑6‑2T 2019-03-01 - A. J. Hill designed an 0- 6-2T for the Great Eastern Railway’s intensive suburban services. He broke away from a long-standing tradition …

Mar 2, 2018 · lner ‘n7’ (ger ‘l77’) no. 69621 2018-03-02 - Though a Great Eastern design by Alfred John Hill – the company’s last CME – the ‘N7’ 0-6-2Ts were adopted by the LNER as a Group …