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GER Class M15
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stratford Works· from 1884· class of 160 British 2-4-2T locomotives, later LNER classes F4 and F5
what is it?
The GER Class M15 was a class of 160 2-4-2T steam locomotives designed by Thomas William Worsdell and built for the Great Eastern Railway between 1884 and 1909. The original (F4) class of locomotives were fitted with Joy valve gear which was notoriously difficult to 'set'. This earned them the nickname of 'Gobblers' thanks to their high coal consumption rates.
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 142 years ago, in 1884.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 10.4 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 74 years (1884–1958).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1884–1920
- in service from
- 1884
- retired
- 1958
- status
- retired
- number built
- 160
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Stratford Works
- designer
- M15, Thomas William Worsdell , M15R, 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
- 2-4-2
- length
- 10.4 m
- weight
- 53.8 t
- nicknames
- Gobblers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513220, Wikipedia: GER Class M15 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.