The North Eastern Railway (NER) Class E, classified as Class J71 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), was a class of small 0-6-0T steam locomotive designed by T.W.

They had inside cylinders and Stephenson valve gear and were the basis for the later NER Class E1 (LNER Class J72).

Eighty-one of them passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and they were numbered 68230-68316 (with gaps).

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