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GER/LNER Holden "E4" Class 2-4-0
Class Types
GER Class |
T26 |
LNER Class |
E4 |
General
Designer |
James Holden |
Introduced |
1891 |
Pre-Grouping |
Great Eastern Railway |
Big Four |
London and North Eastern Railway |
Description (1957) |
Class E4, Great Eastern 5'8" mixed traffic 2-4-0's designed by Holden. There were originally 100 engines in the class built between 1891 and 1902, of which 82 were scrapped between 1926 and 1940. No further withdrawals were made after that date until the close of 1954 when Nos. 62782 and 62783 were taken out of traffic and many others have since followed, leaving only four in 1957. |
Wheels |
2-4-0 |
Number Built as E4 |
100 |
Number Scrapped |
99 |
Number Preserved |
1 |
First in Service |
02/1891 |
Last in Service |
12/1959 |
Manufacturers |
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Orders |
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Power
Variant Introduced |
1891 |
Tractive Effort |
14,700lbs |
Inside Cylinders |
17.5" x 24" (2 off) |
Inside Valves |
Slide |
Inside Motion |
Stephenson |
Wheels
Pony |
4' |
Drivers |
5' 8" |
Locomotive Wheelbase |
16' 6" |
Tender Wheelbase |
12' |
Total Wheelbase |
36' 7" |
Descriptive Wheelbase |
7' 9" + 8' 9" + 8' 1" + 6' 6" + 5' 6" = 36' 7" |
Dimensions
Length (over buffers) |
48' 2" |
Weight (loco only) |
40t 6cwt |
Adhesive Weight |
26t 3cwt |
Maximum Axle Load |
14t 3cwt |
Water Capacity |
2,640gal |
Coal Capacity |
5t 0cwt |
Boiler & Firebox
Boiler Diagram |
32 |
Boiler Max Diameter |
4' 4" |
Boiler Barrel Length |
10' |
Boiler Pressure |
160lbs |
Boiler Pitch |
7' 6" |
Firebox Length |
6' |
Firebox Grate Area |
18ft2 |
Firebox Heating Surface |
100.9ft2 |
Tube Number |
242 |
Tube Diameter |
15⁄8" |
Tube Area |
1063.8ft2 |
Total Evaporative Area |
1164.7ft2 |
Total Heating Area |
1164.7ft2 |
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