North Eastern Railway EE1
Type and origin Power type Electric Builder North Eastern RailwayDarlington Works Build date 1922 Total produced 1
Specifications Configuration: ​  • UIC 2′Co2′  • Commonwealth 2-Co-2 Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)standard gauge Driver dia. 6 ft 8 in (2.032 m) Loco weight 110.05 long tons (111.82 t; 123.26 short tons) Electric system/s 1500VDCCatenary Current pickups Pantograph, 2 off Traction motors 300 hp (224 kW)Metropolitan-Vickers, 6 off Train heating Steam generator Train brakes Vacuum
Performance figures Power output 1,800 hp (1,300 kW) Tractive effort 28,000 lbf (124.6 kN)
Career Operators North Eastern Railway London and North Eastern Railway British Railways Numbers NER: 13 LNER: 13; later 6999; BR: 26600 Axle load class Route availability 7 Disposition Stored 1923–1950;scrapped 1950

Class EE1 (Electric Express 1)^[1] was a one-offelectric locomotive commissioned by theNorth Eastern Railway in 1922. Ownership passed to theLondon and North Eastern Railway in 1923 and toBritish Railways in 1948.

It was anelectrically powered locomotive in the pre-TOPS period.

In 1919 the North Eastern Railway made plans to electrify itsYork toNewcastle stretch of theEast Coast Main Line, as part of this scheme, they had this locomotive built as a prototype for hauling passenger trains. It had an electrically heatedboiler to generate steam for train heating.^[2]

The wheels were arranged as in a4-6-4 steam locomotive with the driving wheels being 6 ft 8 in (2.032 m) diameter. Each of the three driving axles was powered by a pair of traction motors. Electric locomotives of this design were common in continental Europe and the United States, but this was the only example on a British railway.

Aftergrouping in 1923 the NER's successor, theLondon and North Eastern Railway dropped the electrification project so (apart from some trials on theShildon line) the locomotive was never used.^[1] It survived into British Railways ownership but was withdrawn in August 1950, and scrapped on 15 December 1950.^[1]

In common with other LNER electric locomotives, no classification was given to this locomotive until 4 October 1945, when no. 13 was classified EE1 (Electric Express 1).^[1] In May 1946, no. 13 was renumbered to 6999; and underBritish Railways, it became no. 26600 in 1948.^[1][3]

• Numbers: (NER) 13; (LNER) 6999; (BR) 26600
• Wheel arrangement: 2-Co-2
• Introduced: 1922
• Builder: North Eastern Railway
• Motors: 6 x 300 hp (220 kW),Metropolitan-Vickers
• Total power: 1,800 hp (1,342 kW)
• Supply: 1,500 V DCoverhead

• Hoole, K. (1988).The Electric Locomotives of the North Eastern Railway. Headington: Oakwood Press.ISBN 0-85361-367-2. Locomotion Papers LP167.
• Boddy, M.G.; Fry, E.V.; Hennigan, W.;Hoole, Ken; Mallaband, Peter; Neve, E.; Price, J.H.; Proud, P.;Yeadon, W.B. (April 1990). Fry, E.V. (ed.).Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., part 10B: Railcars and Electric Stock. Lincoln:RCTS.ISBN 0-901115-66-5.
• The NER Electric 2-Co-2 Class EE1 Locomotive No. 13

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