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GER Class 209
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Neilson and Company· from 1874· class of 8 British 0-4-0ST dock shunting locomotives, later LNER class Y5
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GER loco 229 at North Woolwich Old Station Museum view 1 - 2006-01-21: Voice of Clam· Public domain
- 2. GER loco 229 at North Woolwich Old Station Museum view 2 - 2006-01-21: Voice of Clam· Public domain
- 3. Neilson 2119: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Neilson No.2119: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The GER Class 209 (LNER Class Y5) is a class of 0-4-0 saddle tank steam locomotives of the Great Eastern Railway. These locomotives were similar to the NBR G Class but had flat-topped, instead of round-topped, tanks. A total of eight were built – four by Neilson and Company in 1874 and four more by the GER's Stratford Works between 1897 and 1903.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 152 years ago, in 1874.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 74 years (1874–1948).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1874–1903
- in service from
- 1874
- retired
- 1948
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Neilson and Company, Stratford Works
- designer
- Neilson and Company
- operators
- Great Eastern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0ST
- length
- 6.4 m
- weight
- 21.3 t
- nicknames
- Coffee Pot
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513204, Wikipedia: GER Class 209 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.