GER Class P43
GER Class P43 | |
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No. 10, the first of the class. | |
Type and origin | |
Power type | Steam |
Designer | James Holden |
Builder | Stratford Works |
Order number | P43 |
Build date | 1898 |
Total produced | 10 |
Specifications | |
Configuration | 4-2-2 |
UIC classification | 2′A1 n2 |
Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
Leading wheel diameter | 3 ft 9 in (1.143 m) |
Driver diameter | 7 ft 0 in (2.134 m) |
Trailing wheel diameter | 4 ft 0 in (1.219 m) |
Wheelbase | 43 ft 11 in (13.39 m) |
Length | 53 ft 3 in (16.23 m) over buffers |
Weight on drivers | 18 long tons 0 cwt (40,300 lb or 18.3 t) |
Locomotive weight | 50 long tons 0 cwt (112,000 lb or 50.8 t) |
Tender weight | 30 long tons 12.5 cwt (68,600 lb or 31.1 t) |
Fuel type | Oil (supplemented by coal) |
Fuel capacity |
Oil: 650–715 imp gal (2,950–3,250 l; 781–859 US gal) Coal: 1 long ton 10 cwt (3,400 lb or 1.5 t) |
Water capacity | 2,640 or 2,790 imp gal (12,000 or 12,700 l; 3,170 or 3,350 US gal) |
Boiler pressure | 160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa) |
Firegrate area | 21.4 sq ft (1.99 m2) |
Heating surface: – Total | 1,292.73 sq ft (120.099 m2) |
Cylinders | Two, |
Cylinder size | 18 in × 26 in (460 mm × 660 mm) |
Performance figures | |
Tractive effort | 13,639 lbf (60.67 kN) |
Career | |
Operator(s) | Great Eastern Railway |
Number(s) | 10–19 |
Withdrawn | 1907–1910 |
Disposition | All scrapped |
The GER Class P43 was a class of ten 4-2-2 steam tender locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. They were the last 'singles' built for the Great Eastern, and the last in service.
History
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-by-26-inch (457 mm × 660 mm) inside cylinders and 7-foot-0-inch (2.134 m) driving wheels.[3]
Only a single batch of ten was built, all on order P43 in 1898, numbered 10 to 19. They had a short working life, as they were incapable of handing increasing heavy trains. They were withdrawn between 1907 and 1910.
Year | Quantity in service at start of year | Quantity withdrawn | Locomotive numbers |
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1907 | 10 | 2 | 14, 18 |
1908 | 8 | 5 | 10, 11, 15, 16, 17 |
1909 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
1910 | 2 | 2 | 12, 13 |
References
- ↑ Rous-Marten 1902, p. 272.
- ↑ Rous-Marten 1898b
- ↑ Aldrich 1969, pp. 68–69 quoting S. D. Holden's personal locomotive register
- ↑ Aldrich 1969, p. 35.
- Aldrich, C. Langley (1969). The Locomotives of the Great Eastern Railway 1862–1962 (7th ed.). Wickford, Essex: C. Langley Aldrich. OCLC 30278831.
- Baxter, Bertram (2012). Baxter, David; Mitchell, Peter, eds. British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 6: Great Eastern Railway, North British Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway, Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway, remaining companies in the LNER group. Southampton: Kestrel Railway Books. ISBN 978-1-905505-26-5.
- Rous-Marten, C. (1898b). Engineer. Missing or empty
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External links
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