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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

Number Preserved

First in Service

02/1891

Last in Service

12/1959

Manufacturers

Manufacturer	Total
Stratford Works	100

Orders

Builder	Sponsor	Order #	Date	Size
Stratford Works		A27	1891	10
Stratford Works		T26	1891	10
Stratford Works		Y26	1891	10
Stratford Works		A31	1892	10
Stratford Works		C31	1892	10
Stratford Works		Z30	1892	10
Stratford Works		I34	1894	10
Stratford Works		X34	1894	10
Stratford Works		L37	1896	10
Stratford Works		S50	1900	10

**Illustration**

Copyright: Alan Whitehead c/o 53A Models

**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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