NER C Class 4-4-0T

The North Etorean Railway C Class was a class of twenty - six 4-4-0T tank locomotives built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. of Gorton, Manchester between 1868 and 1882. The first members of the class arrived on the NER in August 1868, the first class member was allocated №27 with the last of the "main" class ending with №51.   In 1882 a single locomotive with some modern additions (belpaire firebox, larger coal bunker & updated smoke box door) was ordered as a testbed for future rebuilds for NER locomotives, it was decided to order this locomotive new due to a locomotive crisis caused by heavy damage to locomotives kept at Achlyne after the Great Storm of 1881. This locomotive was allocated the number 85 and (like the rest of her class) was later rebuilt with a fully enclosed cab, however it was modified slightly to accomodate the larger bunker.
  The class was used extensively over the East Redwick Line and later the City Widened Line, with the ones running on the latter doing work not too disimilar to similar locomotives used in England. The C Class were also used on local passenger trains due to their speed and fuel capacity making them useful for such routes. However, beginning in the late 1890s, the class began to be displaced by newer 0-6-4Ts such as the new H Class on many suburban routes. Most found their way onto branchline or goods work but were gradually sold benginning in 1908. Two locomotives found their way onto two of Arthur Crawford's railways but were both deemed unsuitable with one (№31) being broken up for spare parts during WW2 and the other (№44) was sold to Wakestone Colliery where she was rebuilt.   In 1919, the ENR inherited seventeen locomotives

Number:	Date of Sale:	Buyer:
28	1908	Queensbury Works Supply Co. (Locomotive Repairer / Dealer)
30	1926
31	1913
35	1909	Queensbury Works Supply Co. (Locomotive Repairer / Dealer)
37	1921
39	1913
42	1919
43	1924
44	1910	Averton, Dimsbury & Millfield Light Railway, later sold to Wakestone Marble Quarries LTD after their Beyer, Peacock 0-4-2ST suffered a cracked frame. Rebuilt as 0-6-0T using parts from both locomotives and a 2nd hand wheelset of the same size as those on the 0-4-2ST in 1938.
46	1912
49	1914
51	1923
85	1934