NER 66 Aerolite

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Aerolite
Aerolite
66 Aerolite preserved in the National Railway Museum
Power type Steam
Configuration2-2-2T, rebuilt as 4-2-2, rebuilt again as 2-2-4T
CareerNER, LNER
ClassX1
Number66
Official nameAerolite
Retired1933
Dispositionstatic display

North Eastern Railway (NER) No. 66 Aerolite is a preserved British steam locomotive. It was classified X1 by the LNER.

Aerolite was built in 1869 as a replacement for an engine of the same name built by Kitson's for the Great Exhibition in 1851 and which was destroyed in a collision in 1868. The engine, like its predecessor, was used to haul the Mechanical Engineer's saloon. Originally a 2-2-2 well tank, side tanks were added 1886, and around this time it received the number 66.

In 1892 Aerolite was rebuilt into a 4-2-2, destroying much of the original engine. The well tank was removed, the side tanks expanded, and the two-cylinder Worsdell-von Borries compounding system applied. In 1902 it was again rebuilt into a 2-2-4T.

Aerolite was withdrawn in 1933 and preserved in 1934 at the LNER's York museum. It can be seen as a static exhibit at the National Railway Museum in York.

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Locomotives of the London and North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping railway designs
Great Central Railway: A5 - B18 - D11 - J11 - O4
Great Eastern Railway: J65 - J16 - J17 - Y5 - J17 - N7 - ?? - J69 - B12 - J66 - D13 - E4 - J15 - J70
Great North of Scotland Railway: D40
Great Northern Railway: C1 - C2 - J6 - J52 - K3 - N2
North British Railway: D34 - J36 - Y9
North Eastern Railway: B16 - E5 - D17 - J21 - J27 - J72 - Q6 - Q7 - X1 - Y7
LNER designs
Gresley: A1 - A3 - A4 - A8 - B17 -D49 - J38 - J39 - J50 - K4 - P1 - P2 - U1 - V1 - V2 - V3 - V4 - W1 Thompson: A2 - B1 - B2 - K1 - K5 - L1 - O1 - Q1 Peppercorn: A1 - A2 - A6- A7 A9 - K1 - Raven: A2 - H1