GER Class G15

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GER Class G15
LNER Class Y6
GER G15 No. 0125.jpg
GER Class G15 No. 0125
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer Thomas William Worsdell
Builder Stratford Works
Build date1883–1897
Total produced10
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 0-4-0T
   UIC Bn2t
Gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.3 ft 1 in (0.940 m)
Loco weight21 long tons 5 cwt (47,600 lb or 21.6 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity0 long tons 10 cwt (1,100 lb or 0.5 t)
Water cap.500 imp gal (2,270 L; 600 US gal)
Firebox:
  Grate area9.7 sq ft (0.90 m2)
Boiler pressure140 lbf/in2 (0.97 MPa)
Heating surface348.46 sq ft (32.373 m2)
Cylinders Two, inside
Cylinder size 11 in × 15 in (279 mm × 381 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort 5,837 lbf (25.96 kN)
Career
Operators GER  » LNER  » BR
Class GER: G15
LNER: Y6
Power classBR: 0F
Axle load classLNER/BR: RA 1
Withdrawn1907–1952
DispositionAll scrapped

The GER Class G15 was a class of ten 0-4-0T steam tram locomotives designed by Thomas William Worsdell for the British Great Eastern Railway. Six passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at the 1923 grouping, and received the LNER classification Y6.

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Overview

These locomotives had 11-by-15-inch (279 mm × 381 mm) inside cylinders driving 3-foot-1-inch (0.940 m) wheels. They were used on the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway in East Anglia. They were later used elsewhere after being replaced by the more powerful GER Class C53 (LNER Class J70) 0-6-0Ts.

Table of orders and numbers [1]
YearOrderManufacturerQuantityGER Nos.LNER Nos.Notes
1883–84G15 Stratford Works 3130, 131, 132—, —, 7132
1885N17 Stratford Works 2128, 129—, 07129
1891–92C29 Stratford Works 3125, 126, 12707125, 07126, —
1897F40 Stratford Works 2133, 1347133, 7134

Four were withdrawn before the grouping – 131 in 1907, 130 in 1909, 127 and 128 in 1913. In January 1921, numbers 125, 126 and 129 were placed on the duplicate list, and had their numbers prefixed with a "0" (The original numbers were reused on the 1921-batch of class C53 locomotives). [2] Four more were withdrawn before the 1944 renumbering — 7132 in 1931, 07129 in 1933, 07125 and 07126 in 1940. [3] The remaining two were numbered 8082 (ex-7133) and 8083 (ex-7134). Both survived into British Railways ownership in 1948 and they were numbered 68082 and 68083. The former was withdrawn in 1951, and the latter in 1952. [4] None has been preserved; although 68083 had been earmarked for preservation, [1] it was scrapped after standing in Stratford paintshop for over a year.

The Nene Valley Railway were building a replica of the Y6 class to perform as Toby the Tram Engine for their Day Out with Thomas events. However, when the Rev. W. Awdry died in 1997, the project was ceased halfway through.

Individual locomotives

List of GER C15 locomotives [5]
GER No.1921 No.LNER No.1946 No.BR No.BuiltWithdrawn
13018831909
13118831907
132713218831931
12818851913
12901290712918851933
12501250712518911940
12601260712618921940
12718921913
133713380826808218971951
134713480836808318971952

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