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GER/LNER Worsdell "J15" Class 0-6-0


Class Types
GER Class Y14
LNER Class J15

General
Designer Thomas Worsdell
Introduced 1883
Pre-Grouping Company Great Eastern Railway
Grouping Company London and North Eastern Railway
Description (1957) Class J15. Great Eastern 4'11" 0-6-0's, an original design by Worsdell in 1883 and perpetuated by J. Holden, S. D. Holden and A. J. Hill to 1913. A number of the class worked overseas in the First World War. No less than 289 engines were built, the first withdrawal taking place in 1920, and of these over fifty were still in service in 1956.
Wheel Arrangement 0-6-0
Number Built as J15 289
First in Service 07/1883
Last in Service 16/09/1962
Manufacturers
ManufacturerTotal
Sharp Stewart 19
Stratford Works 270
Orders
BuilderSponsorOrder #DateSize
Stratford Works  Y14 1883 10
Stratford Works  K15 1884 20
Sharp Stewart  n/a 1884 19
Stratford Works  N16 1885 10
Stratford Works  P17 1885 10
Stratford Works  M18 1886 10
Stratford Works  X18 1886 10
Stratford Works  D20 1887 10
Stratford Works  U20 1887 10
Stratford Works  R21 1888 10
Stratford Works  R23 1889 10
Stratford Works  T22 1889 10
Stratford Works  T23 1889 10
Stratford Works  Y23 1889 10
Stratford Works  U25 1890 10
Stratford Works  Y25 1890 10
Stratford Works  L28 1891 10
Stratford Works  N28 1891 10
Stratford Works  P28 1891 10
Stratford Works  S28 1891 10
Stratford Works  X28 1892 10
Stratford Works  I45 1899 10
Stratford Works  S45 1899 10
Stratford Works  X45 1899 10
Stratford Works  A60 1906 10
Stratford Works  B70 1912 10
Stratford Works  G73 1913 10
Classification Southern Area 3
Route Availability 1
BR Power Class 2F
Engine Diagrams
DiagramDetails
Section E, 1924 Composite diagram showing both square and bevel bottom fireboxes. Total heating surface 1169.3 and 1164.7 sq. ft. respectively. Amended in 1940 to include bevel-bottom fireboxes with 1147.1 sq. ft. total heating surface (palm stays)
Not issued Engines with modified cabs with side windows.
1944 Composite diagram giving alternative heating surface: Square 1169.3 and 1151.7 sq. ft. Bevel 1164.7, 1147.1 and 1137.69 sq. ft. Cab height altered (steel roof).

Illustration
Copyright: Unknown - please contact me if you know the copyright holder
Power
Variant Introduced 1883
Tractive Effort 16,942lbs
Inside Cylinders 17.5" x 24" (2 off)
Inside Valves Slide
Inside Motion Stephenson

Wheels
Drivers 4' 11"
Locomotive Wheelbase 16' 1"
Tender Wheelbase 12'
Total Wheelbase 35' 2"
Descriptive Wheelbase 7' 7" + 8' 6" + 7' 1" + 6' 6" + 5' 6" = 35' 2"

Dimensions
Length (over buffers) 47' 1"
Weight (in running order) 67t 15cwt
Weight (loco only) 37t 2cwt
Adhesive Weight 37t 2cwt
Maximum Axle Load 13t 10cwt
Water Capacity 2,640gal
Coal Capacity 5t 0cwt

Boiler & Firebox
Boiler Diagram 31
Boiler Max Diameter 4'
Boiler Barrel Length 10'
Boiler Pressure 160lbs
Boiler Pitch 6' 101⁄2"
Firebox Type Round top
Firebox Length 6'
Firebox Grate Area 17.9ft2
Firebox Heating Surface 105.5ft2
Tube Number 242
Tube Diameter 15⁄8"
Tube Area 1063.8ft2
Total Evaporative Area 1169.3ft2
Total Heating Area 1169.3ft2