LNER Class J94

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) J94 Class is a class of steam locomotive that was formed when 75 former "Austerity" 0-6-0STs were purchased by the LNER in 1946 from the War Department.
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==Overview==
The LNER had had trials with one in November 1945 and bought 75 of them in 1946, numbering them 8006-80. All entered British Railways (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 Cromford and High Peak Railway in Derbyshire, where they displaced the ex-North London Railway Class 75 class 2F 0-6-0T.
They were withdrawn between 1960 and 1967. A few were sold into industrial use with the National Coal Board (who had several other Austerities) and others.
==Stock list==
Numbers	Numbers	Numbers 	Builder 	Date built	Withdrawn	Notes
LNER 	BR 	WD 	Builder 	Date built	Withdrawn	Notes
8006 	68006 	5094, 75094	Hudswell Clarke 	1944 	1967 	Used on C&HPR
8007 	68007 	5097, 75097	Hudswell Clarke 	1944 	1962 	
8008 	68008 	5101, 75101	Hunslet 	1944 	1963 	
8009 	68009 	5108, 75108	Hunslet 	1944 	1962 	
8010 	68010 	5117, 75117	Hunslet 	1944 	1965 	
8011 	68011 	5119, 75119	Hunslet 	1944 	1965 	
8012 	68012 	5124, 75124	Hunslet 	1944 	1967 	Used on C&HPR
8013 	68013 	5125, 75125	Hunslet 	1944 	1965 	
8014 	68014 	5134, 75134	Hunslet 	1944 	1964 	
8015 	68015 	75139 	Hunslet 	1944 	1963 	
8016 	68016 	75148 	Hunslet 	1944 	1964 	
8017 	68017 	75149 	Hunslet 	1944 	1962 	
8018 	68018 	5150, 75150	Bagnall 	1944 	1962 	
8019 	68019 	5153, 75153	Bagnall 	1944 	1964 	
8020 	68020 	75164 	Bagnall 	1944 	1963 	Sold to NCB
8021 	68021 	5183, 75183	Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns	1944 	1963 	
8022 	68022 	5184, 75184	Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne 	1944 	1960 	
8023 	68023 	5190, 75190	Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne 	1944 	1965 	
8024 	68024 	71509 	Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne 	1944 	1964 	
8025 	68025 	71498 	Hudswell Clarke 	1944 	1967 	
8026 	68026 	71506 	Hudswell Clarke 	1945 	1961 	
8027 	68027 	71440 	Hunslet 	1945 	1960 	
8028 	68028 	71440 	Hunslet 	1945 	1963 	
8029 	68029 	71451 	Hunslet 	1945 	1963 	
8030 	68030 	71440 	Hunslet 	1945 	1962 	
8031 	68031 	75272 	Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne 	1945 	1963 	
8032 	68032 	75281 	Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne 	1945 	1964 	
8033 	68033 	75287 	Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne 	1945 	1963 	Sold into industrial use
8034 	68034 	75297 	Vulcan Foundry 	1945 	1962 	
8035 	68035 	75320 	Vulcan Foundry 	1945 	1963 	
8036 	68036 	75321 	Vulcan Foundry 	1945 	1964 	
8037 	68037 	75322 	Vulcan Foundry 	1945 	1965 	
8038 	68038 	75323 	Vulcan Foundry 	1945 	1963 	
8039 	68039 	75324 	Vulcan Foundry 	1945 	1963 	
8040 	68040 	75325 	Vulcan Foundry 	1945 	1963 	
8041 	68041 	75326 	Vulcan Foundry 	1945 	1963 	
8042 	68042 	75327 	Vulcan Foundry 	1945 	1963 	
8043 	68043 	75328 	Vulcan Foundry 	1945 	1965 	
8044 	68044 	75329 	Vulcan Foundry 	1945 	1962 	
8045 	68045 	75330 	Vulcan Foundry 	1945 	1963 	
8046 	68046 	75331 	Vulcan Foundry 	1945 	1964 	
8047 	68047 	75258 	Bagnall 	1945 	1965 	
8048 	68048 	75259 	Bagnall 	1945 	1962 	
8049 	68049 	75260 	Bagnall 	1945 	1963 	
8050 	68050 	75261 	Bagnall 	1945 	1964 	Sold to NCB
8051 	68051 	75262 	Bagnall 	1945 	1964 	
8052 	68052 	75263 	Bagnall 	1945 	1962 	
8053 	68053 	75265 	Bagnall 	1945 	1965 	
8054 	68054 	75266 	Bagnall 	1945 	1964 	
8055 	68055 	75267 	Bagnall 	1945 	1963 	
8056 	68056 	75268 	Bagnall 	1945 	1963 	
8057 	68057 	75269 	Bagnall 	1945 	1962 	
8058 	68058 	75270 	Bagnall 	1945 	1962 	
8059 	68059 	75271 	Bagnall 	1945 	1963 	
8060 	68060 	71467 	Hudswell Clarke 	1945 	1965 	
8061 	68061 	71468 	Hudswell Clarke 	1945 	1963 	
8062 	68062 	71468 	Hudswell Clarke 	1945 	1965 	
8063 	68063 	71469 	Hudswell Clarke 	1945 	1962 	
8063 	68063 	71480 	Hudswell Clarke 	1945 	1962 	
8064 	68064 	71471 	Hudswell Clarke 	1945 	1962 	
8065 	68065 	71473 	Hudswell Clarke 	1945 	1962 	
8066 	68066 	71474 	Hudswell Clarke 	1945 	1962 	
8067 	68067 	71475 	Hudswell Clarke 	1945 	1963 	Sold to NCB
8068 	68068 	71476 	Hudswell Clarke 	1946 	1965 	
8069 	68069 	71477 	Hudswell Clarke 	1946 	1962 	
8070 	68070 	71486 	Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne 	1945 	1963 	Sold for Industrial use
8071 	68071 	71532 	Barclay 	1945 	1963 	
8072 	68072 	71533 	Barclay 	1945 	1960 	
8073 	68073 	71534 	Barclay 	1945 	1961 	
8074 	68074 	71535 	Barclay 	1945 	1962 	
8075 	68075 	(71536) 	Barclay 	1945 	1962 	
8076 	68076 	(71462) 	Barclay 	1946 	1960 	
8077 	68077 	(71466) 	Barclay 	1946 	1962 	Sold to NCB; Preserved on K&WVR
8078 	68078 	(71463) 	Barclay 	1946 	1963 	Sold to Derek Crouch Ltd; Preserved
8079 	68079 	(71464) 	Barclay 	1946 	1966 	
8080 	68080 	(71465) 	Barclay 	1946 	1961 	
==Preservation==
Further information: List of preserved Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST locomotivesTwo, 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.
===LNER/BR J94s===
Numbers	Numbers	Location 	Condition
LNER 	BR 	Location 	Condition
8077 	68077 	Spa Valley Railway 	Undergoing overhaul
8078 	68078 	Private site in Kent	Under restoration
===Locomotives disguised as J94s===
Image	Numbers	Numbers 	Builder 	Works No.	Date
Image	LNER 	BR 	Builder 	Works No.	Date
 	68005 	RSH 	7169 	1945 	
 	68006 	Hunslet 	3192 	1944 	
 	68009 	Hunslet 	3825 	1954 	
 	68012 	W.G.Bagnall 	2746 	1944 	
 	68012 	Hunslet 	3193/3887	1944 	
 	68030 	Hunslet 	3777 	1952 	
 	68067 	Hudswell Clarke	1752 	1943 	
 	68072 	Vulcan 	5309 	1945 	
 	68081 	Hunslet 	2855 	1943 	
==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 Airfix, 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 Winsford, Cheshire 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.
==External links==
*The Riddles J94 (WD Austerity) 0-6-0ST Locomotives LNER Encyclopedia
*Class J94 Details at Rail UK
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