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LNER Class Y11
Power type Petrol-mechanical
Builder Motor Rail & Tram Car Co. Ltd.
Model Simplex
Build date 1919, 1920, 1925
Configuration 0-4-0
UIC classification B
Wheel diameter 3 ft 1 in (0.940 m)
Locomotive weight 8 long tons (8.1 t)
Prime mover Dorman 4JO
Engine type Petrol
Transmission Mechanical, two-speed Dixon-Abbot, chain final drive
Top speed 7.2 mph (11.6 km/h)
Power output 40 hp (30 kW)
Tractive effort 3,750 lbf (16.7 kN)
Locomotive brakes Air
Train brakes None
Career Great Eastern Railway, North British Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Railways
Number in class 3
Axle load class Route Availability: 1
Retired 1950–1956
Disposition Unknown

LNER Class Y11 was a class of petrol powered 0-4-0 locomotives built by Motor Rail & Tram Car Company Limited under their Simplex brand and introduced in the years 19191925 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). Their British Railways numbers were 15097–15099.

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