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The GER Class P43 was a class of ten 4-2-2 steam tender locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. They were the last 'singles' built for the Great Eastern, and the last in service.
History
Constructed with oil-burning apparatus to speed the elite from the City of London to Cromer, West Runton & Sheringham[1] and capable of reaching North Walsham non-stop in just over two and a half hours.[2] They had 18-by-26-inch (457 mm × 660 mm) inside cylinders and 7-foot-0-inch (2.134 m) driving wheels.[3]
Only a single batch of ten was built, all on order P43 in 1898, numbered 10 to 19. They had a short working life, as they were incapable of handling increasing heavy trains. They were withdrawn between 1907 and 1910.
Year | Quantity in service at start of year |
Quantity withdrawn |
Locomotive numbers |
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1907 | 10 | 2 | 14, 18 |
1908 | 8 | 5 | 10, 11, 15, 16, 17 |
1909 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
1910 | 2 | 2 | 12, 13 |
References
- ^ Rous-Marten 1902, p. 272.
- ^ Rous-Marten 1898b
- ^ Aldrich 1969, pp. 68–69 quoting S. D. Holden's personal locomotive register
- ^ Aldrich 1969, p. 35.
- Aldrich, C. Langley (1969). The Locomotives of the Great Eastern Railway 1862–1962 (7th ed.). Wickford, Essex: C. Langley Aldrich. OCLC 30278831.
- Baxter, Bertram (2012). Baxter, David; Mitchell, Peter (eds.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 6: Great Eastern Railway, North British Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway, Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway, remaining companies in the LNER group. Southampton: Kestrel Railway Books. ISBN 978-1-905505-26-5.
- Rous-Marten, C. (1898b). Engineer.
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External links
- [1] – Great Eastern Railway Society