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GER Class A55
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stratford Works· from 1902· one-off British 0-10-0T locomotive
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GER Decapod, 0-10-0 (Howden, Boys' Book of Locomotives, 1907): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
what is it?
The GER Class A55 or Decapod was a one-off experimental steam locomotive with an 0-10-0WT wheel arrangement designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. It was the first ten-coupled steam locomotive in Great Britain.
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 124 years ago, in 1902.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 11 years (1902–1913).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1902
- in service from
- 1902
- retired
- 1913
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Stratford Works
- designer
- James Holden
- operators
- Great Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-10-0
- weight
- 81.3 t
- nicknames
- Decapod
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513207, Wikipedia: GER Class A55 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.