GER Class P43

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The GER Class P43 was a class of 4-2-2 steam tender locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway.

[edit] Overview

Constructed with oil-burning apparatus to speed the elite from the City of London to Cromer, West Runton & Sheringham[1] and capable of reaching North Walsham non-stop in just over two and a half hours.[2] They had 18 x 24 in. outside cylinders and 7ft. 6in. driving wheels.[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ (Rous-Marten 1902:272)
  2. ^ Rous-Marten 1898b
  3. ^ (Fryer 1993)

[edit] References

  • Fryer, C. (1993). Single wheeler locomotives. Oxford Publishing Co.. 
  • Rous-Marten, C. (1898b). "". Engineer. 
  • Rous-Marten, C. (1902). "". Railway Magazine 11: 272. 


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