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GER Class D27
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stratford Works· from 1889· class of 21 British 2-2-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GER 2-2-2 Class D27 No1000: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The GER Class D27 was a class of 2-2-2 steam tender locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway.
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 137 years ago, in 1889.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 18 years (1889–1907).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1889–1893
- in service from
- 1889
- retired
- 1907
- status
- retired
- number built
- 21
- 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
- 2-2-2
- length
- 14.6 m
- weight
- 40.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513210, Wikipedia: GER Class D27 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.