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GER/LNER "Y5" Class 0-4-0ST
Class Types
| GER Class |
Class 209 |
| LNER Class |
Y5 |
General
| Introduced |
1874 |
| Pre-Grouping Company |
Great Eastern Railway |
| Grouping Company |
London and North Eastern Railway |
| Description (1957) |
Class Y5, G.E.R. 3'7" 0-4-0ST, one of a class of four locomotives built 1874-1903. The other three were withdrawn between 1926-31, but No. 7230, the 1903 engine, was retained for Departmental duties at Stratford works and finally scrapped in 1948. |
| Wheel Arrangement |
0-4-0ST |
| Number Built as Y5 |
8 |
| Number Scrapped |
8 |
| Number Preserved |
0 |
| First in Service |
05/1874 |
| Last in Service |
15/04/1948 |
| Manufacturers |
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| Orders |
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Power
| Variant Introduced |
1874 |
| Tractive Effort |
7,970lbs |
| Outside Cylinders |
12" x 20" (2 off) |
| Outside Valves |
Slide |
| Outside Motion |
Stephenson |
Wheels
| Drivers |
3' 7" |
| Total Wheelbase |
5' 9" |
| Descriptive Wheelbase |
5' 9" |
Dimensions
| Length (over buffers) |
21' 33⁄4" |
| Weight (in running order) |
21t 4cwt |
| Maximum Axle Load |
11t 4cwt |
| Water Capacity |
470gal |
| Coal Capacity |
0t 10cwt |
Boiler & Firebox
| Boiler Diagram |
43 |
| Boiler Max Diameter |
3' 41⁄4" |
| Boiler Barrel Length |
8' 7.938" |
| Boiler Pressure |
140lbs |
| Boiler Pitch |
4' 33⁄4" |
| Firebox Length |
3' 01⁄8" |
| Firebox Grate Area |
7.01ft2 |
| Firebox Heating Surface |
38.85ft2 |
| Tube Number |
126 |
| Tube Diameter |
15⁄8" |
| Tube Area |
475.7ft2 |
| Total Evaporative Area |
514.55ft2 |
| Total Heating Area |
514.55ft2 |
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