#0388
GER Class 527
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Neilson and Company· from 1878· class of 15 British 2-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 2-6-0 GER 530: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The GER Class 527 was a class of fifteen 2-6-0 steam tender locomotives designed by William Adams for the Great Eastern Railway (GER). This was the last design that Adams prepared for the GER, although they did not enter service until his successor Massey Bromley had taken office and incorporated some modifications to the design.
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 148 years ago, in 1878.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 9 years (1878–1887).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1878–1879
- in service from
- 1878
- retired
- 1887
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Neilson and Company
- designer
- William Adams
- operators
- Great Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- weight
- 46.7 t
- nicknames
- Mogul
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513205, Wikipedia: GER Class 527 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.