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GER Class P43
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stratford Works· from 1898· class of 10 British 4-2-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GER 4-2-2 Class P43 No10: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The GER Class P43 was a class of ten 4-2-2 steam tender locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. They were the last 'singles' built for the Great Eastern, and the last in service.
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 128 years ago, in 1898.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 12 years (1898–1910).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1898
- in service from
- 1898
- retired
- 1910
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Stratford Works
- designer
- James Holden
- operators
- Great Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-2-2
- length
- 16.2 m
- weight
- 50.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513222, Wikipedia: GER Class P43 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.