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GER Class G15
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stratford Works· from 1883· class of 10 British 0-4-0T tram locomotives, later LNER class Y6
what is it?
The GER Class G15 was a class of ten 0-4-0T steam tram locomotives designed by Thomas William Worsdell for the British Great Eastern Railway. Six passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at the 1923 grouping, and received the LNER classification Y6.
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 143 years ago, in 1883.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 69 years (1883–1952).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1883–1897
- in service from
- 1883
- retired
- 1952
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Stratford Works
- designer
- Thomas William Worsdell
- operators
- Great Eastern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0T
- weight
- 21.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513215, Wikipedia: GER Class G15 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.