GER Class S44
GER Class S44 LNER Class G4 Specifications Configuration: • Whyte 0-4-4T • UIC B2′ n2t Gauge 4 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm )Driver dia.4 ft 11 in (1.499 m) Trailing dia. 3 ft 1 in (0.940 m) Wheelbase 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) Length 32 ft 8 in (9.96 m) Adhesive weight 34 long tons 2 cwt (76,400 lb or 34.6 t) Loco weight 53 long tons 7.5 cwt (119,600 lb or 54.2 t) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 2 long tons 10 cwt (5,600 lb or 2.5 t) Water cap. 1,349 imperial gallons (6,130 L; 1,620 US gal) Firebox: • Grate area 15.3 sq ft (1.42 m2 ) Boiler pressure 160 MPa (23,206.04 psi) Heating surface 1,084 sq ft (100.7 m2 ) Cylinders Two, inside Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (430 mm × 610 mm)
Career Operators GER » LNER Class GER: S44 LNER: G4 Withdrawn 1929–1939 Disposition All scrapped
The GER Class S44 was a class of forty 0-4-4T steam locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification G4 .
History
These were the last 0-4-4T locomotives built for the Great Eastern Railway,[ 1] a type which, as side tanks , the GER had pioneered in Britain.[ 2] The locomotives were all built at Stratford Works and had 17-by-24-inch (432 mm × 610 mm) inside cylinders driving 4-foot-11-inch (1.499 m) wheels.[ 3]
Table of orders and numbers[ 1]
Year
Order
Quantity
GER Nos.
LNER Nos.
Notes
1898–99
S44
10
1100–1109
8100–8109
1899
F47
10
1110–1119
8111–8119
1900
R48
10
1120–1129
8120–8129
1900–01
L50
10
1130–1139
8130–8139
All were still in service at the 1923 grouping; the LNER adding 7000 to the numbers of nearly all the ex-Great Eastern locomotives, including the Class S44 locomotives. Withdrawals started in 1929 with No. 8133 and finished in 1939 with 8139.[ 1]
Table of withdrawals[ 4]
Year
Quantity in service at start of year
Quantity withdrawn
Locomotive numbers
Notes
1929
40
3
8103, 8120, 8133
1930
37
6
8102, 8108, 8111, 8118, 8121, 8128
1931
31
12
8100, 8104, 8106, 8107, 8112–8115, 8125, 8127, 8135, 8138
1932
19
5
8110, 8122, 8129, 8130, 8132
1933
14
6
8101, 8109, 8116, 8117, 8119, 8126
1934
8
4
8124, 8131, 8136, 8137
1936
4
1
8134
1938
3
2
8105, 8123
1939
1
1
8139
References
Aldrich, C. Langley (1969). The Locomotives of the Great Eastern Railway 1862–1962 (7th ed.). Wickford, Essex: C. Langley Aldrich. OCLC 30278831 .
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Pre-grouping railway designs
LNER designs
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)
? 4-8-4 (Feb 1946)
? 4-8-2 (Feb 1946)
K 2-6-0 (Aug 1947)