GER Class C53

GER Class C53
LNER Class J70

8226 at Stratford locomotive depot, 28 September 1946

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	James Holden
Builder	Stratford Works
Build date	1903–1921
Total produced	12

Specifications
Configuration	0-6-0T
UIC class	C n2t
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.	3 ft 1 in (0.940 m)
Wheelbase	6 ft 8 in (2.032 m)
Length	20 ft 8 ³⁄₈ in (6.309 m)
Loco weight	27 long tons 1 cwt (60,600 lb or 27.5 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	15 long tons 0 cwt (33,600 lb or 15.2 t)
Water cap	625 imp gal (2,840 l; 751 US gal)
Firebox: • Firegrate area	9.2 sq ft (0.85 m²)
Boiler pressure	180 lbf/in² (1.24 MPa)
Heating surface	348.08 sq ft (32.338 m²)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	12 in × 15 in (305 mm × 381 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts

Performance figures
Tractive effort	8,931 lbf (39.73 kN)

Career
Operators	GER » LNER » BR
Class	GER: C53 LNER: J70
Power class	BR: 0F
Axle load class	LNER/BR: RA 2
Withdrawn	1942–1955
Disposition	All scrapped

The GER Class C53 was a class of twelve 0-6-0T steam tram locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping, and received the LNER classification J70.

History

These locomotives had 12-by-15-inch (305 mm × 381 mm) outside cylinders driving 3-foot-1-inch (0.940 m) wheels; all enclosed by skirting. They were the first locomotives on the Great Eastern to use Walschaerts valve gear.^[1] They were used on the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway and the ports of Great Yarmouth and Ipswich from the 1930s to the 1950s. They replaced earlier GER Class G15 0-4-0 of similar appearance.

Table of orders and numbers^[1]
Year	Order	Builder	Quantity	GER No.	LNER No.	LNER 1944 No.
1903	C53	Stratford Works	2	135–136	7135–7136	8216–8217
1908	C64	Stratford Works	3	137–139	7137–7139	8218, —, 8219
1910	I67	Stratford Works	1	130	7130	8220
1914	P75	Stratford Works	3	127–128, 131	7127–7128, 7131	8221–8223
1921	D85	Stratford Works	3	125–126, 129	7125–7126, 7126	8224–8226

The first withdrawal was in 1942. The remaining locomotives were renumbered 8216–8226 in 1944. The remaining eleven locomotives passed to British Railways in 1948 on nationalisation, and had 60000 added to their numbers. Withdrawals restarted in 1949, slowly at first, then more quickly, and the last went in 1955.^[2]

Table of withdrawals^[3]
Year	Quantity in service at start of year	Quantity withdrawn	Locomotive numbers
1942	12	1	7138
1949	11	1	68218
1951	10	1	68221
1952	9	1	68224
1953	8	4	68216, 68217, 68219, 68220
1955	4	4	68222, 68223, 68225, 68226

In fiction

Toby replica on Avon Valley Railway

The J70 was the inspiration for the character Toby the Tram Engine in The Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry, and the spin-off television series Thomas & Friends.

References

Notes

Bibliography

Aldrich, C. Langley (1969). The Locomotives of the Great Eastern Railway 1862–1962 (7th ed.). Wickford, Essex: C. Langley Aldrich. OCLC 30278831.
Allen, D. W.; Boddy, M. G.; Brown, W. A.; Fry, E. V.; Hennigan, W.; Manners, F.; Neve, E.; Proud, P.; Roundthwaite, T. E.; Tee, D. F.; Yeadon, W. B. (November 1970). Fry, E. V., ed. Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., part 8A: Tank Engines - Classes J50 to J70. Kenilworth: RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-05-3.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to GER Class C53 / LNER Class J70.

J. Holden locomotives — Great Eastern Railway Society
The J70 0-6-0 (GER Class C53) Tram Engines — LNER Encyclopedia

Great Eastern Railway locomotives

R. Sinclair (1862–1866)	Z Y X W V

S. W. Johnson (1866–1876)	No. 1 125 201 202 417 204 109 477 T7 200 134 C8

Wm. Adams (1873–1878)	209 61 K9 230 527

M. Bromley (1878–1881)	E10 245 140 M12 552

T. W. Worsdell (1881–1885)	G14 Y14 G15 M15 G16

J. Holden (1885–1907)	T18 T19 127 E22 R24 D27 T26 N31 C32 P43 S44 S46 F48 C53 A55 D56 S56 G58

S. D. Holden (1907–1912)	Y65 G69 S69 E72

A. J. Hill (1912–1922)	C72 B74 L77 T77 D81 H88

London and North Eastern Railway locomotives

Pre-grouping railway designs:

Great Central:	A5 B1/B18 B2/B19 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 C4 C5 C13 C14 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D10 D11 D12 E2 E3 E8 F1 F2 G3 J8 J9 J10 J11 J12 J13 J58 J59 J60 J61 J62 J63 L1/L3 M1 N4 N5 N6 O4 O5 Q4 S1 X4 Y2

Great Eastern:	B12 D13 D14 D15 D16 E4 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 G4 J14 J15 J16 J17 J18 J19 J20 J65 J66 J67 J68 J69 J70 N7 Y4 Y5 Y6 Z4/J92

Great North of Scotland:	D38 D39 D40 D41 D42 D43 D44 D45 D46 D47 D48 G10 J90 J91 Z4 Z5

Great Northern:	A1 C1 C2 C12 D1 D2 D3 D4 E1 G1 G2 J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J50 J51 J52 J53 J54 J55 J56 J57 K1 K2 K3 N1 N2 O1 O2 Q1 Q2 Q3 R1

North British:	C10 C11 C15 C16 D25 D26 D27 D28 D29 D30 D31 D32 D33 D34 D35 D36 D50 D51 E7 G7 G8 G9 J31 J32 J33 J34 J35 J36 J37 J81 J82 J83 J84 J85 J86 J88 N14 N15 Y9 Y10

North Eastern:	A2 A6 A7 B13 B14 B15 B16 C6 C7 C8 D17/1 D17/2 D18 D19 D20 D21 D22 D23 E5 E6 F8 G5 G6 H1 J21 J22 J24 J25 J26 J27 J71 J72 J73 J74 J76 J77 J78 J79 N8 N9 N10 Q5 Q6 Q7 T1 X1 X2 X3 Y7 Y8 EB1 EE1 EF1 ES1

North Eastern (ex Hull & Barnsley)	D24 J23 J28 J75 J80 N11 N12 N13 Q10

LNER designs:

Gresley (1923–1941):	A1 A3 A4 A8 B17 D49 J38 J39 J50 K4 P1 P2 U1 V1 V2 V3 V4 W1 EM1

Thompson (1941–1946):	A1 A2/1 A2/2 A2/3 B1 B2 K1 K5 L1 O1 Q1

Peppercorn (1946–1947):	A1 A2 K1

Other designs:

Proposed designs:

P10 2-8-2T (Nov 1929)
B 4-6-0 (Nov 1936)
? 4-8-2 (1939)
Q 0-8-0 (June 1930)
D 4-4-0 (1943)
? 4-8-4 (Feb 1946)
? 4-8-2 (Feb 1946)
K 2-6-0 (Aug 1947)

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