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Record: 71951 (21/04/2026)
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GER/LNER Holden "J70" Class 0-6-0T
Class Types
| GER Class |
C53 (Tram Engine) |
| LNER Class |
J70 |
General
| Designer |
James Holden |
| Introduced |
1903 |
| Pre-Grouping Company |
Great Eastern Railway |
| Grouping Company |
London and North Eastern Railway |
| Description (1957) |
Class J70. G.E.R. 0-6-0T outside-cylinder tram engines with 3'1" wheels. Twelve in class, built 1903-21 for the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway and for Yarmouth and Ipswich quayside duties. One engine scrapped in 1942 and the others between 1949 and 1955. |
| Wheel Arrangement |
0-6-0T |
| Number Built as J70 |
12 |
| First in Service |
10/1903 |
| Last in Service |
02/08/1955 |
| Manufacturers |
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| Orders |
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Power
| Variant Introduced |
1903 |
| Tractive Effort |
8,931lbs |
| Outside Cylinders |
12" x 15" (2 off) |
| Outside Valves |
Slide |
| Outside Motion |
Walschaerts |
Wheels
| Drivers |
3' 1" |
| Total Wheelbase |
6' 8" |
| Descriptive Wheelbase |
3' 4" + 3' 4" = 6' 8" |
Dimensions
| Length (over buffers) |
20' 101⁄2" |
| Weight (in running order) |
27t 1cwt |
| Maximum Axle Load |
11t 7cwt |
| Water Capacity |
625gal |
| Coal Capacity |
0t 15cwt |
Boiler & Firebox
| Boiler Diagram |
46 |
| Boiler Max Diameter |
2' 101⁄2" |
| Boiler Barrel Length |
6' 10" |
| Boiler Pressure |
180lbs |
| Boiler Pitch |
6' 2" |
| Firebox Length |
3' 2" |
| Firebox Grate Area |
9.2ft2 |
| Firebox Heating Surface |
42.08ft2 |
| Tube Number |
102 |
| Tube Diameter |
15⁄8" |
| Tube Area |
306ft2 |
| Total Evaporative Area |
348.08ft2 |
| Total Heating Area |
348.08ft2 |
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