GER Class S44
GER Class S44
LNER Class G4
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Specifications |
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Configuration |
0-4-4T |
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UIC class |
B2′ n2t |
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Gauge |
4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
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Driver dia. |
4 ft 11 in (1.499 m) |
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Trailing dia. |
3 ft 1 in (0.940 m) |
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Wheelbase |
22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) |
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Length |
32 ft 8 in (9.96 m) |
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Adhesive weight |
34 long tons 2 cwt (76,400 lb or 34.6 t) |
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Loco weight |
53 long tons 7.5 cwt (119,600 lb or 54.2 t) |
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Fuel type |
Coal |
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Fuel capacity |
2 long tons 10 cwt (5,600 lb or 2.5 t) |
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Water cap |
1,349 imperial gallons (6,130 l; 1,620 US gal) |
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Firebox: • Firegrate area |
15.3 sq ft (1.42 m2) |
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Boiler pressure |
160 MPa (23,206.04 psi) |
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Heating surface |
1,084 sq ft (100.7 m2) |
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Cylinders |
Two, inside |
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Cylinder size |
17 in × 24 in (430 mm × 610 mm) |
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Career |
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Operators |
GER » LNER |
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Class |
GER: S44 LNER: G4 |
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Withdrawn |
1929–1939 |
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Disposition |
All scrapped |
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The GER Class S44 was a class of forty 0-4-4T steam locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification G4.
History
These were the last 0-4-4T locomotives built for the Great Eastern Railway,[1] a type which, as side tanks, the GER had pioneered in Britain.[2] The locomotives were all built at Stratford Works and had 17-by-24-inch (432 mm × 610 mm) inside cylinders driving 4-foot-11-inch (1.499 m) wheels.[3]
Table of orders and numbers[1]
Year | Order | Quantity | GER Nos. | LNER Nos. | Notes |
1898–99 | S44 | 10 | 1100–1109 | 8100–8109 | |
1899 | F47 | 10 | 1110–1119 | 8111–8119 | |
1900 | R48 | 10 | 1120–1129 | 8120–8129 | |
1900–01 | L50 | 10 | 1130–1139 | 8130–8139 | |
All were still in service at the 1923 grouping; the LNER adding 7000 to the numbers of nearly all the ex-Great Eastern locomotives, including the Class S44 locomotives. Withdrawals started in 1929 with No. 8133 and finished in 1939 with 8139.[1]
Table of withdrawals[4]
Year | Quantity in service at start of year | Quantity withdrawn | Locomotive numbers | Notes |
1929 | 40 | 3 | 8103, 8120, 8133 | |
1930 | 37 | 6 | 8102, 8108, 8111, 8118, 8121, 8128 | |
1931 | 31 | 12 | 8100, 8104, 8106, 8107, 8112–8115, 8125, 8127, 8135, 8138 | |
1932 | 19 | 5 | 8110, 8122, 8129, 8130, 8132 | |
1933 | 14 | 6 | 8101, 8109, 8116, 8117, 8119, 8126 | |
1934 | 8 | 4 | 8124, 8131, 8136, 8137 | |
1936 | 4 | 1 | 8134 | |
1938 | 3 | 2 | 8105, 8123 | |
1939 | 1 | 1 | 8139 | |
References
- Aldrich, C. Langley (1969). The Locomotives of the Great Eastern Railway 1862–1962 (7th ed.). Wickford, Essex: C. Langley Aldrich. OCLC 30278831.
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Pre-grouping railway designs: | | |
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- D38
- D39
- D40
- D41
- D42
- D43
- D44
- D45
- D46
- D47
- D48
- G10
- J90
- J91
- Z4
- Z5
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LNER designs: | |
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Other designs: | |
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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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