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GER/LNER Worsdell "J15" Class 0-6-0
Class Types
GER Class |
Y14 |
LNER Class |
J15 |
General
Designer |
Thomas Worsdell |
Introduced |
1883 |
Pre-Grouping Company |
Great Eastern Railway |
Grouping Company |
London and North Eastern Railway |
Description (1957) |
Class J15. Great Eastern 4'11" 0-6-0's, an original design by Worsdell in 1883 and perpetuated by J. Holden, S. D. Holden and A. J. Hill to 1913. A number of the class worked overseas in the First World War. No less than 289 engines were built, the first withdrawal taking place in 1920, and of these over fifty were still in service in 1956. |
Wheel Arrangement |
0-6-0 |
Number Built as J15 |
289 |
First in Service |
07/1883 |
Last in Service |
16/09/1962 |
Manufacturers |
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Orders |
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Classification |
Southern Area 3 |
Route Availability |
1 |
BR Power Class |
2F |
Engine Diagrams |
Diagram | Details | Section E, 1924 | Composite diagram showing both square and bevel bottom fireboxes. Total heating surface 1169.3 and 1164.7 sq. ft. respectively. Amended in 1940 to include bevel-bottom fireboxes with 1147.1 sq. ft. total heating surface (palm stays) | Not issued | Engines with modified cabs with side windows. | 1944 | Composite diagram giving alternative heating surface: Square 1169.3 and 1151.7 sq. ft. Bevel 1164.7, 1147.1 and 1137.69 sq. ft. Cab height altered (steel roof). |
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Power
Variant Introduced |
1883 |
Tractive Effort |
16,942lbs |
Inside Cylinders |
17.5" x 24" (2 off) |
Inside Valves |
Slide |
Inside Motion |
Stephenson |
Wheels
Drivers |
4' 11" |
Locomotive Wheelbase |
16' 1" |
Tender Wheelbase |
12' |
Total Wheelbase |
35' 2" |
Descriptive Wheelbase |
7' 7" + 8' 6" + 7' 1" + 6' 6" + 5' 6" = 35' 2" |
Dimensions
Length (over buffers) |
47' 1" |
Weight (in running order) |
67t 15cwt |
Weight (loco only) |
37t 2cwt |
Adhesive Weight |
37t 2cwt |
Maximum Axle Load |
13t 10cwt |
Water Capacity |
2,640gal |
Coal Capacity |
5t 0cwt |
Boiler & Firebox
Boiler Diagram |
31 |
Boiler Max Diameter |
4' |
Boiler Barrel Length |
10' |
Boiler Pressure |
160lbs |
Boiler Pitch |
6' 101⁄2" |
Firebox Type |
Round top |
Firebox Length |
6' |
Firebox Grate Area |
17.9ft2 |
Firebox Heating Surface |
105.5ft2 |
Tube Number |
242 |
Tube Diameter |
15⁄8" |
Tube Area |
1063.8ft2 |
Total Evaporative Area |
1169.3ft2 |
Total Heating Area |
1169.3ft2 |
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