The

London and North Eastern Railway The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after London, Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS) of the "Big Four (British railway companies), Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It ope ...

(LNER) J94 Class is a class of

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that was formed when 75 former "Austerity" 0-6-0STs were purchased by the LNER in 1946 from the War Department. __TOC__

Overview

The LNER had trials with one in November 1945 and bought 75 of them in 1946, numbering them 8006-80. All entered

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(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

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, where they displaced the ex-

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Class 75 class 2F s. They were withdrawn between 1959 and 1967. A few were sold into industrial use with the

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(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. Enthusiasts often refer to them by the nickname of "Buckets".

LNER/BR J94s

Locomotives disguised as J94s

Models

The erstwhile Rosebud Kitmaster company produced an unpowered polystyrene injection moulded model kit for 00 gauge, which went on sale in Spring 1961. In early 1963, the Kitmaster brand was sold by its parent company (Rosebud Dolls) to

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, who transferred the moulding tools to their own factory; they re-introduced some of the former Kitmaster range, including this locomotive. The tool (for this model) was destroyed in a fire at the premises of Dapol Model Railways Ltd in

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so that Dapol were unable to produce further kits after their first two production runs totalling 4000 kits after acquisition of the former Airfix moulds.

References

* * (Introduction by Don Townsley) * *

External links

The Riddles J94 (WD Austerity) 0-6-0ST Locomotives
''LNER Encyclopedia''
Class J94 Details
at ''Rail UK'' {{LNER Locomotives J94 0-6-0ST locomotives C n2t locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1946 Standard-gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain Shunting locomotives