NER 66 Aerolite
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North Eastern Railway (NER) No. 66 Aerolite is a preserved British steam locomotive. It was classified X1 by the LNER. It was capable of reaching 55 mph (89 km/h).[1]
History[]
Aerolite was built in 1869 as a replacement for an engine of the same name built by Kitson's for the Great Exhibition in 1851 and which was destroyed in a collision in 1868. The engine, like its predecessor, was used to haul the Mechanical Engineer's saloon. Originally a 2-2-2WT well tank, side tanks were added 1886, and around this time it received the number 66.
In 1892 Aerolite was rebuilt into a 4-2-2T, destroying much of the original engine. The well tank was removed, the side tanks expanded, and the two-cylinder Worsdell-von Borries compounding system applied. In 1902 it was again rebuilt into a 2-2-4T.
Aerolite was withdrawn in 1933 and preserved in 1934 at the LNER's York museum. It can be seen as a static exhibit at the National Railway Museum in York.
In fiction[]
An engine of this type is seen in the TV Series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, as the character Whiff.[citation needed] The character carries the number 66 just like the engine he is based on.
References[]
- ^ Train: The Definitive Visual History. DK. p. 98. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- Baxter, Bertram (1986). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 5A: North Eastern Railway, Hull and Barnsley Railway. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. p. 125. ISBN 0-903485-54-0.
External links[]
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- The Wilson Worsdell X1 2-2-4T Locomotive 'Aerolite' LNER Encyclopedia
- 2-2-4T locomotives
- 4-2-2 locomotives
- 2-2-2 locomotives
- North Eastern Railway locomotives
- Preserved steam locomotives of Great Britain
- Compound locomotives
- Railway locomotives introduced in 1869
- England steam locomotive stubs
- Passenger locomotives