LNER Class Y1 [SEP] manufacturer
LNER Class Y1
The LNER Class Y1 was a class of 0-4-0 geared steam locomotives built by Sentinel Waggon Works for the London and North Eastern Railway and introduced in 1925. They passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and were numbered 68130-68153 but 68134 was withdrawn almost immediately and may not have carried its BR number.
Power unit.
The superheated vertical water-tube boiler and the engine were similar to those used in Sentinel steam wagons. There were variations within the class as regards boiler
1943–47; 68 purchased 1945–46, sold to LMS 1947
- LNER Class O7 – WD Austerity 2-8-0 – 350 loaned to the LNER 1943–47; 200 purchased 1946; 270 loaned to the LNER 1947
- USATC S160 Class – 168 loaned to the LNER 1942–1945
- WD Austerity 2-10-0 – 13 loaned to the LNER 1943–44; 20 loaned 1945–46
- LNER Class S1 – Continuation of a GCR design
- LNER Class T1 – NER Class X
- LNER Class Y1 – Sentinel