GER Class G15

GER Class G15
LNER Class Y6

A 3mm scale GER Class G15 locomotive

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Thomas William Worsdell
Builder	Stratford Works
Build date	1883–1897
Total produced	10

Specifications
Configuration	0-4-0T
UIC class	B n2t
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Driver diameter	3 ft 1 in (0.940 m)
Loco weight	21 long tons 5 cwt (47,600 lb or 21.6 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	0 long tons 10 cwt (1,100 lb or 0.5 t)
Water cap	500 imp gal (2,270 l; 600 US gal)
Firebox: • Firegrate area	9.7 sq ft (0.90 m²)
Boiler pressure	140 lbf/in² (0.97 MPa)
Heating surface	348.46 sq ft (32.373 m²)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	11 in × 15 in (279 mm × 381 mm)

Performance figures
Tractive effort	5,837 lbf (25.96 kN)

Career
Operators	GER » LNER » BR
Class	GER: G15 LNER: Y6
Power class	BR: 0F
Axle load class	LNER/BR: RA 1
Withdrawn	1907–1952
Disposition	All scrapped

The GER Class G15 was a class of ten 0-4-0T steam tram locomotives designed by Thomas William Worsdell for the Great Eastern Railway. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at the 1923 grouping, and received the LNER classification Y6.

Overview

These locomotives has 11-by-15-inch (279 mm × 381 mm) inside cylinders driving 3-foot-1-inch (0.940 m) wheels. They were used on the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway in East Anglia. They were later used elsewhere after being replaced by the more powerful GER Class C53 (LNER Class J70) 0-6-0Ts.

Table of orders and numbers^[1]
Year	Order	Manufacturer	Quantity	GER Nos.	LNER Nos.
1883–84	G15	Stratford Works	3	130, 131, 132	—, —, 7132
1885	N17	Stratford Works	2	128, 129	—, 07129
1891–92	C29	Stratford Works	3	125, 126, 127	07125, 07126, —
1897	F40	Stratford Works	2	133, 134	7133, 7134

Four were withdrawn before the grouping – 131 in 1907, 130 in 1909, 127 and 128 in 1913. Sometime before 1921, numbers 125, 126 and 129 were placed on the duplicate list, and had their numbers prefixed with a "0" (The original numbers were reused on the 1921-batch of class C53 locomotives). Four more were withdrawn before the 1944 renumbering — 7132 in 1931, 07129 in 1933, 07125 and 07126 in 1943. The remaining two were numbered 8082 (ex-7133) and 8083 (ex-7134). Both survived into British Railways ownership in 1948 and they were numbered 68082 and 68083. The former was withdrawn in 1951, and the latter in 1952.^[2] None has been preserved, although 68083 had been earmarked for preservation,^[1] although it was scrapped after standing in Stratford paintshop for over a year.

The Nene Valley Railway were building a replica of the Y6 steam tram to play as Toby the Tram Engine for their Day Out with Thomas events but when Rev. W. Awdry died, the project was ceased halfway through.

References

Notes

1 2 Aldrich 1969, p. 109
↑ Aldrich 1969, p. 110

Bibliography

Aldrich, C. Langley (1969). The Locomotives of the Great Eastern Railway 1862–1962 (7th ed.). Wickford, Essex: C. Langley Aldrich. OCLC 30278831.

External links

T. W. Worsdell locomotives — Great Eastern Railway Society
The Y6 (GER G15) 0-4-0 Tram Engines — LNER Encyclopedia

Great Eastern Railway locomotives

R. Sinclair (1862–1866)	Z Y X W V

S. W. Johnson (1866–1876)	No. 1 125 201 202 417 204 109 477 T7 200 134 C8

Wm. Adams (1873–1878)	209 61 K9 230 527

M. Bromley (1878–1881)	E10 245 140 M12 552

T. W. Worsdell (1881–1885)	G14 Y14 G15 M15 G16

J. Holden (1885–1907)	T18 T19 127 E22 R24 D27 T26 N31 C32 P43 S44 S46 F48 C53 A55 D56 S56 G58

S. D. Holden (1907–1912)	Y65 G69 S69 E72

A. J. Hill (1912–1922)	C72 B74 L77 T77 D81 H88

London and North Eastern Railway locomotives

Pre-grouping railway designs:

Great Central:	A5 B1/B18 B2/B19 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 C4 C5 C13 C14 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D10 D11 D12 E2 E3 E8 F1 F2 G3 J8 J9 J10 J11 J12 J13 J58 J59 J60 J61 J62 J63 L1/L3 M1 N4 N5 N6 O4 O5 Q4 S1 X4 Y2

Great Eastern:	B12 D13 D14 D15 D16 E4 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 G4 J14 J15 J16 J17 J18 J19 J20 J65 J66 J67 J68 J69 J70 N7 Y4 Y5 Y6 Z4/J92

Great North of Scotland:	D38 D39 D40 D41 D42 D43 D44 D45 D46 D47 D48 G10 J90 J91 Z4 Z5

Great Northern:	A1 C1 C2 C12 D1 D2 D3 D4 E1 G1 G2 J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J50 J51 J52 J53 J54 J55 J56 J57 K1 K2 K3 N1 N2 O1 O2 Q1 Q2 Q3 R1

North British:	C10 C11 C15 C16 D25 D26 D27 D28 D29 D30 D31 D32 D33 D34 D35 D36 D50 D51 E7 G7 G8 G9 J31 J32 J33 J34 J35 J36 J37 J81 J82 J83 J84 J85 J86 J88 N14 N15 Y9 Y10

North Eastern:	A2 A6 A7 B13 B14 B15 B16 C6 C7 C8 D17/1 D17/2 D18 D19 D20 D21 D22 D23 E5 E6 F8 G5 G6 H1 J21 J22 J24 J25 J26 J27 J71 J72 J73 J74 J76 J77 J78 J79 N8 N9 N10 Q5 Q6 Q7 T1 X1 X2 X3 Y7 Y8 EB1 EE1 EF1 ES1

North Eastern (ex Hull & Barnsley)	D24 J23 J28 J75 J80 N11 N12 N13 Q10

LNER designs:

Gresley (1923–1941):	A1 A3 A4 A8 B17 D49 J38 J39 J50 K4 P1 P2 U1 V1 V2 V3 V4 W1 EM1

Thompson (1941–1946):	A1 A2/1 A2/2 A2/3 B1 B2 K1 K5 L1 O1 Q1

Peppercorn (1946–1947):	A1 A2 K1

Other designs:

Proposed designs:

P10 2-8-2T (Nov 1929)
B 4-6-0 (Nov 1936)
? 4-8-2 (1939)
Q 0-8-0 (June 1930)
D 4-4-0 (1943)
? 4-8-4 (Feb 1946)
? 4-8-2 (Feb 1946)
K 2-6-0 (Aug 1947)

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