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Record: 71951 (21/04/2026)
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GER/LNER Holden "J66" Class 0-6-0T
Class Types
| GER Class |
T18 |
| LNER Class |
J66 |
General
| Designer |
James Holden |
| Introduced |
1886 |
| Pre-Grouping Company |
Great Eastern Railway |
| Grouping Company |
London and North Eastern Railway |
| Description (1957) |
Class J66. Fifty 4'0" 0-6-0T's built by Holden from 1886-88 for the Great Eastern. All were withdrawn by 1954, except Nos. 68370/8, 68382/3, the first three of which were renumbered in 1953 into the Departmental stock as Nos. 32, 36 and 31 respectively. No. 68383 was withdrawn in 1955, but the three Departmental engines are still in service in 1957. |
| Wheel Arrangement |
0-6-0T |
| Number Built as J66 |
50 |
| First in Service |
05/1886 |
| Last in Service |
10/1955 |
| Manufacturers |
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Power
| Variant Introduced |
1886 |
| Tractive Effort |
16,970lbs |
| Inside Cylinders |
16.5" x 22" (2 off) |
| Inside Valves |
Slide |
| Inside Motion |
Stephenson |
Wheels
| Drivers |
4' |
| Total Wheelbase |
13' 4" |
| Descriptive Wheelbase |
6' 4" + 7' 0" = 13' 4" |
Dimensions
| Length (over buffers) |
28' 21⁄2" |
| Weight (in running order) |
40t 6cwt |
| Maximum Axle Load |
15t 1cwt |
| Water Capacity |
1,000gal |
| Coal Capacity |
2t 5cwt |
Boiler & Firebox
| Boiler Diagram |
39 |
| Boiler Max Diameter |
4' 2" |
| Boiler Barrel Length |
9' 1" |
| Boiler Pressure |
160lbs |
| Boiler Pitch |
6' 9" |
| Firebox Length |
4' 6" |
| Firebox Grate Area |
12.4ft2 |
| Firebox Heating Surface |
78ft2 |
| Tube Number |
227 |
| Tube Diameter |
15⁄8" |
| Tube Area |
909.4ft2 |
| Total Evaporative Area |
987.4ft2 |
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