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GER Class B74
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stratford Works· from 1913· class of 5 two-cylinder 0-4-0T locomotives, later LNER class Y4
what is it?
The GER Class B74 was a class of five 0-4-0T steam locomotives designed by Alfred John Hill for the Great Eastern Railway. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the LNER classification Y4.
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 113 years ago, in 1913.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 50 years (1913–1963).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913–1921
- in service from
- 1913
- retired
- 1963
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Stratford Works
- designer
- A. J. Hill
- 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
- 0-4-0T
- length
- 7.3 m
- weight
- 38.6 t
- nicknames
- Pots
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513206, Wikipedia: GER Class B74 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.