#1576
GER Class C72
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stratford Works· from 1912· class of 30 British 0-6-0T locomotives, later LNER class J68
what is it?
The GER Class C72 was a class of thirty 0-6-0T steam locomotives designed by A. J. Hill for the Great Eastern Railway. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at the 1923 grouping and received the LNER classification J68.
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 114 years ago, in 1912.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 49 years (1912–1961).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912–1923
- in service from
- 1912
- retired
- 1961
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- 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
- 0-6-0
- length
- 8.2 m
- weight
- 42.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513209, Wikipedia: GER Class C72 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.