It was designed by Wilson Worsdell and introduced in 1902.

[1] The locomotives were used for shunting and on goods trains.

All were fitted with Westinghouse brakes.

The whole class was transferred from the NER to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923 and to British Railways (BR) in 1948.

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