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GER Class F48

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stratford Works· from 1900· class of 60 British 0-6-0 locomotives, later LNER class J16 → J17

🚂 steam locomotive steam retired

what is it?

The GER Class F48 was a class of sixty 0-6-0 steam tender locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway in Great Britain. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping in 1923 and received the LNER classification J16.

who runs it

Great Eastern Railway London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways

base stats

weight 44.7 tin working order
built 60made in total

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 126 years ago, in 1900.
Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
15.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
Served for 62 years (1900–1962).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built: 1900–1903
in service from: 1900
retired: 1962
status: retired
number built: 60
kind: Steam
traction: steam
origin: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders: Stratford Works
designer: James Holden
operators: Great Eastern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, Eastern Region of British Railways
top speed: —
power: —
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement: 0-6-0
length: 15.2 m
weight: 44.7 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q5513214, Wikipedia: GER Class F48 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.