GER Class Y14
GER Class Y14 LNER Class J15 | |
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British Railways | |
Class |
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Power class | BR: 1P2F |
Axle load class | LNER/BR: Route availability 1 |
Withdrawn | 1922 - 1962 |
Disposition | One preserved, remainder scrapped |
The Great Eastern Railway (GER) Class Y14 is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive. The LNER classified them J15.
The Class Y14 was designed by
Background
On 10–11 December 1891, the Great Eastern Railway's Stratford Works built one of these locomotives and had it in steam with a coat of grey primer in 9 hours 47 minutes; this remains a world record. The locomotive then went off to run 36,000 miles (58,000 km) on Peterborough to London coal trains before coming back to the works for the final coat of paint. It lasted 40 years and ran a total of 1,127,750 miles (1,814,940 km).[3]
Because of their light weight the locomotives were given the
Year | Order | Manufacturer | Quantity | GER Nos. | LNER Nos. | 1946 Nos. | Notes |
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1883 | Y14 | Stratford Works | 10 | 610–619 | 7610–7618, — | — | |
1884 | K15 | Stratford Works | 20 | 620–639 | 7620–7639 | — | |
1884 | — | Sharp, Stewart & Co. 3146–3164 |
19 | 37–41, 119–124, 592–599 | 7037, 07038–07039, —, 7600, 7119–7124, 7592–7599 | — | 41 renumbered 600 in 1912 |
1885 | N16 | Stratford Works | 10 | 680–689 | 7680–7689 | — | |
1885–86 | P17 | Stratford Works | 10 | 690–699 | 7690–7699 | — | |
1886 | M18 | Stratford Works | 10 | 800–809 | 7609, 7801–7809 | — | 800 renumbered 609 in 1892 |
1886–87 | X18 | Stratford Works | 10 | 810–819 | 7810–7819 | 5350 | |
1887 | D20 | Stratford Works | 10 | 820–829 | 7820–7829 | 5351–5353 | |
1887–88 | U20 | Stratford Works | 10 | 527–536 | 7527–7536 | 5354–5356 | |
1888 | R21 | Stratford Works | 10 | 537–541, 830–834 | 7537–7541, 7830–7834 | 5357–5360 | |
1889 | T22 | Stratford Works | 10 | 835–844 | 7835–7844 | 5361–5364 | |
1889 | P23 | Stratford Works | 10 | 845–854 | 7845–7854 | 5365–5372 | |
1889 | T23 | Stratford Works | 10 | 855–864 | 7855–7864 | 5373–5375 | |
1889 | Y23 | Stratford Works | 10 | 865–874 | 7865–7874 | 5376–5381 | |
1890 | U25 | Stratford Works | 10 | 875–884 | 7875–7884 | 5382–5388 | |
1890 | Y25 | Stratford Works | 10 | 885–894 | 7885–7894 | 5389–5394 | |
1891 | L28 | Stratford Works | 10 | 895–904 | 7895–7904 | 5395–5400 | |
1891 | N28 | Stratford Works | 10 | 905–914 | 7905–7914 | 5401–5407 | |
1891 | P28 | Stratford Works | 10 | 915–924 | 7915–7924 | 5408–5414 | |
1891–92 | S28 | Stratford Works | 10 | 925–934 | 7925–7934 | 5414–5421 | |
1892 | X28 | Stratford Works | 10 | 936–945 | 7936–7945 | 5422–5427 | |
1899 | I45 | Stratford Works | 10 | 507–516 | 7507–7516 | 5428–5435 | |
1899 | S45 | Stratford Works | 10 | 517–526 | 7517–7526 | 5436–5439 | |
1899 | X45 | Stratford Works | 10 | 640–649 | 7640–7649 | 5440–5449 | |
1906 | A60 | Stratford Works | 10 | 552–561 | 7552–7561 | 5450–5459 | |
1912 | B70 | Stratford Works | 10 | 562–571 | 7562–7571 | 5460–5469 | |
1913 | G73 | Stratford Works | 10 | 542–551 | 7542–7551 | 5470–5479 |
Accidents and incidents
- On 25 September 1900, locomotive No. 522 suffered a boiler explosion at Westerfield, Suffolk. Both crew members of the locomotive, driver John Barnard and fireman William MacDonald, were killed.[5][6]
- On 20 January 1915, locomotive No. 629 was hauling a freight train that collided with the rear of a passenger train, hauled by GER Class T26 2-4-0 No. 446, at County School railway station, Norfolk. [7][8]
- On 7 January 1927, locomotive No. 7613 was hauling a freight train that was in collision with a Breckland Line due to errors by the crossing keeper. The lorry driver was killed.[9]
- On 4 October 1929, locomotive No. 7938 was hauling a freight train that departed against a danger signal at Tottenham, London and was subsequently stopped foul of a junction. Both crew abandoned the locomotive before a northbound mail train, hauled by LNER Class B17 4-6-0 No. 2808 Gunton, collided with the rear of the freight. 18 people were injured.[10]
- In the late 1950s, No. 65475 had to be rerailed by crane due to an unknown cause and location.[11]
- On 17 November 2018, locomotive No. 564 struck a vehicle on a level crossing near Sheringham in Norfolk.[12] The driver of the Mercedes involved in the collision ignored the warning lights at the crossing and proceeded through into the path of the oncoming locomotive, which was travelling at around 10 mph at the time. The collision reportedly occurred at around 11:30 AM.
Notable features
As built all the locomotives had a stovepipe chimney; this was replaced in LNER days by a cast chimney with a small lip. The original Worsdell and early
As with all Great Eastern classes, the Y14 had a cab with a low wooden roof covered with canvas sealed by a coat of lead paint. This was replaced in LNER days by a higher arched sheet metal roof. Some engines had special side window cabs for service on the exposed Brightlingsea and Colne Valley branches.[2]
Allocations
On 1 January 1923 there were 272 J15 locomotives in existence. They were allocated as follows:[13]
- Cambridge: 48
- Colchester: 14
- Ipswich: 32
- King's Lynn: 5
- Lincoln: 3
- Lowestoft: 7
- March: 17
- Norwich: 36
- Parkeston: 2
- Peterborough East: 19
- Stratford: 91
- Yarmouth: 4
In 1942 during World War II, six locomotives were drafted into to assist with coal traffic in South Yorkshire with three allocated to Mexborough engine shed and three to Barnsley engine shed.[14]
On 1 January 1948 when British Railways was formed, there were 127 J15 locomotives in existence.[15]
Unusually, in 1957 a couple of the class were allocated to Aylesbury and worked freight trains on the former Great Western Railway branch from Princes Risborough to Watlington before being withdrawn in 1958.[16]
In film
In September 1936 locomotives 7541 and 7835 were withdrawn by the LNER and sold to
Another member of the class appeared in the 1954 film Happy Ever After disguised as an Irish locomotive.[18]
Preservation
Number 564/7564/65462 is preserved on the North Norfolk Railway and owned by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Society.[19] In 2002 the locomotive reached the end of a major overhaul and was painted in LNER (numbered 7564) and BR black numbered 65462) liveries for the duration of its boiler ticket. It originally operated in these liveries when classified as a J15 in LNER and BR days. Following withdrawal from service in 2013, the locomotive received another overhaul (completed 2015) where it was outshopped in GER lined blue and sporting its original number of 564 and representing its days when classified as a Y14.
65469 was originally a candidate for preservation, but it was scrapped.[20]
Models
Hornby produces a ready-to-run model of the J15 in 00 gauge (4 mm) in BR (with the rebuilt high-arched cab roof) and LNER liveries (both as-built and high-arch cab roofs).[21] Also in 00 gauge, there are kits from Alan Gibson and Nu-Cast. Finley and Smith produce a 3 mm kit. A 7mm (O gauge) kit is made by Connoisseur Models.
References
- ^ Locomotives of the Great Eastern Railway
- ^ a b c The Class J15 (GER Class Y14) 0-6-0 Locomotives
- ^ Allen 1961, p. 110.
- ^ Baxter 2012, pp. 51–52, 67–72.
- ISBN 0-9532257-0-4.
- ^ Lt-Col. P. G. von Donop, R.E. / Board of Trade (13 November 1900). "Great Eastern Railway" (PDF). Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ Von Donop, P. G. (1915). Report on Accident at County School station, 1915 (PDF). H.M.R.I.
- ^ "J15 7629". BRDatabase.
- ^ Lt. Col A H Mount / Board of Trade (7 January 1927). "London and North Eastern Railway" (PDF). Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ Earnshaw 1990, p. 16.
- OCLC 794708326.
- ^ "Car collides with train on North Norfolk railway line". 19 November 2018.
- ISBN 1-899624-19-8.
- ^ James, H N (July 1975). "Great Eastern Wanderers Part 8". Ipswich Transport Journal (132): 19.
- ^ "Steam Loco Class Information Class J15 Details". RailUK. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ Great Eastern Railway Society Journal No 84 - letter and photograph from Dick Riley (October 1995)
- ^ Walker, Peter (July 2017). "Classic Camera". Great Eastern Journal. 171: 2.
- ^ James, H N (July 1975). "Great Eastern Wanderers Part 8". Ipswich Transport Journal (132): 19.
- ^ Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Society – Home
- ^ "65462 (GER 564, LNER 7564, LNER 5462 & BR 65462)". Preserved British Steam Locomotives. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "National Model Rail Database". National Model Rail. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- Allen, Cecil J. (1961) [1955]. The Great Eastern Railway. London: Ian Allan.
- 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.
- Fry, E. V., ed. (September 1966). Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., Part 5: Tender Engines—Classes J1 to J37. Kenilworth: ISBN 0-901115-12-6.
- Earnshaw, Alan (1990). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 6. Penryn: Atlantic Books. ISBN 0-906899-37-0.
- Freestone, Jill; Smith, Richard W. (1998). Ipswich Engines and Ipswich Men. Ipswich: Under Stoke History group. ISBN 0-9532257-0-4.
- ISBN 1-899624-19-8.
External links
- Y14 Class 0-6-0 1883-1892, 1899, 1906, 1912-1913 — Great Eastern Railway Society