GNR Ivatt 1 Class 0-6-0

The Great Northern Railway Ivatt Class 1 0-6-0, later LNER Class J1, was a class of fifteen inside-cylinder six-coupled locomotives designed by Henry Ivatt for express goods work. They were his first original 0-6-0 design, taking the boiler, wheels, motion and cylinders of his N1 class 0-6-2 tank engines to give a balance of speed and power. All fifteen were built at Doncaster in 1908, the first outshopped in August and the last four in November. Although used mainly on goods trains, they also regularly hauled passenger trains, including excursions to Skegness in 1909. They were renumbered 5000 to 5014 in 1946, eleven passed to British Railways, withdrawals began in 1947 and by 1954 only two remained. All were scrapped.