#1577
GER Class E72
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stratford Works· from 1912· class of 10 British 0-6-0 locomotives, later LNER class J18
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- 1. GER Class E72: railway companies· Public domain
what is it?
The GER Class E72 was a class of ten 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed by S. D. Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification J18.
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 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- 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
- in service from
- 1912
- retired
- 1961
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Stratford Works
- designer
- S. D. Holden
- 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
- 16.2 m
- weight
- 47.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513213, Wikipedia: GER Class E72 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.