GER Class G58

what is it?

The GER Class G58 (LNER Class J17) is a class of 0-6-0 steam tender locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway in England. The class consisted partly of new locomotives built from 1905 to 1911 and partly of rebuilds of the earlier GER Class F48 built from 1900 to 1903. The rebuilding started under GER auspices from 1921 and was continued by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) after grouping in 1923.

who runs it

GEGreat Eastern RailwayLondon and North Eastern RailwayBritish RailEREastern Region of British Railways

base stats

• weight 45.7 tin working order
• built 30made 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 121 years ago, in 1905.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏15.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 57 years (1905–1962).

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

spec sheet

built

1905–1911

in service from

1905

retired

1962

status

preserved

number built

30

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

Stratford Works

designer

James 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

15.2 m

weight

45.7 t

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