GER Class C32

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GER Class C32
LNER Class F3
2-4-2T GER 1085.jpg
GER 1085, one of the condenser-fitted R33 batch in an undated photograph
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerJames Holden
BuilderStratford Works
Build date1893–1895(40), 1902(10)
Total produced50
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-4-2T
 • UIC1B1 n2t
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.4 ft 0 in (1.219 m)
Driver dia.5 ft 8 in (1.727 m)
Trailing dia.4 ft 0 in (1.219 m)
Length34 ft 10 in (10.62 m) over buffers
Axle load15.30 long tons (15.55 t)
Adhesive weight29.25 long tons (29.72 t)
Loco weight58.60 long tons (59.54 t)
Fuel capacity3.25 long tons (3.30 t)
Water cap.1,460 imp gal (6,600 l; 1,750 US gal)
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		18.0 sq ft (1.67 m2)
Boiler pressure160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa)
Heating surface1,164.7 sq ft (108.20 m2)
 • Tubes1,063.8 sq ft (98.83 m2)
 • Firebox100.9 sq ft (9.37 m2)
CylindersTwo, inside
Cylinder size17+1⁄2 in × 24 in (444 mm × 610 mm)
Valve gearStephenson
Valve typeSlide valves
Loco brakeWestinghouse air
Train brakesWestinghouse air
Performance figures
Tractive effort14,700 lbf (65.39 kN)
Career
Operators
  • Great Eastern Railway
  • → London and North Eastern Railway
  • → British Railways
Class
  • GER: 32
  • LNER: F3
Power classBR: 1P
Axle load classLNER: Route availability 3
Withdrawn1936–1953
DispositionAll scrapped

The GER Class C32 was a class of fifty 2-4-2T steam locomotives designed by James Holden and built by the company's Stratford Works between 1892 and 1902. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification F3.

History[]

These locomotives were fitted with 17+1⁄2-by-24-inch (444 mm × 610 mm) cylinders and 5-foot-8-inch (1.727 m) diameter driving wheels. They were a tank engine version of the T26 class 2-4-0s, albeit with a 3-inch (76 mm) shorter coupled wheelbase. They shared the same type of boiler as that class, as well as the N31 and later Y14 class 0-6-0s. They were intended for use on long-distance stopping services,[1] and so they were all initially fitted with Westinghouse air brake equipment.

Table of orders and numbers[2]
Year Order Builder Quantity GER Nos. LNER Nos. 1946 No. Notes
1893 C32 Stratford Works 10 1090–1099 8090–8099 7114–710
1893 O33 Stratford Works 10 1070–1079 8070–8079 7121–7127
1894 R33 Stratford Works 10 1080–1089 8080–8089 7128–7132
1895 G35 Stratford Works 10 1060–1069 8060–8069 7133–7140
1902 D53 Stratford Works 10 1040–1049 8040–8049 7141–7150

The R33 and D53 batches had been fitted with condensing equipment from new, but the LNER gradually removed them from all but one locomotive, the exception being an early retirement.

All had survived to pass to the LNER in 1923; the first retirement started in 1936 when 8090 was withdrawn.

Thirty-seven locomotives lasted long enough to be renumbered in the 1946 scheme; fifteen of them became the property of British Railways in 1948, but only three of them lasted long enough to receive their BR number.

Table of withdrawals[3]
Year Quantity in
service at
start of year		 Quantity
withdrawn		 Locomotive numbers
1936 50 1 8090
1937 49 4 8069, 8074, 8076, 8098
1938 45 8 8065, 8073, 8080, 8083, 8084, 8086, 8087, 8091
1947 37 22 7116/18/21–23/25/29–33/35–38/42/44–48
(ex-8094/96/99/70–73/77/82/85/88/89/60/62–64/66/41/43–47)
1948 15 7 7114, 7115, 7117, 7119, 7134, 7141, 7143
(ex-8092, 8093, 8095, 8097, 8061, 8040, 8042)
1949 8 3 7140, 67149, 7150
(ex-8068, 8048, 8049)
1950 5 4 7124, 7126, 67128, 7139
(ex-8075, 8078, 8081, 8067)
1953 1 1 67127 (ex-1079)

References[]

  1. ^ Baxter 2012, p. 82.
  2. ^ Baxter 2012, pp. 82–93.
  3. ^ Baxter 2012, pp. 82–83.

Sources[]

  • 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. p. 82–83. ISBN 978-1-905505-26-5.
  • Fry, E. V., ed. (April 1964). Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., part 7: Tank Engines - Classes A5 to H2. Kenilworth: RCTS. pp. 61–64. ISBN 0-901115-13-4.

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