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GER Class R24
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stratford Works· from 1890· class of 140 British 0-6-0T locomotives, later LNER class J67 → J69
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what is it?
The GER Class R24 was a class of 0-6-0T steams designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway (GER). They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping in 1923 and received the LNER classification J67. Some R24s were rebuilt with higher boiler pressure in which form they were similar to the later Class S56.
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 136 years ago, in 1890.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 72 years (1890–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1890–1901
- in service from
- 1890
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 140
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Stratford Works
- designer
- James Holden
- operators
- Great Eastern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, War Department, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 8.2 m
- weight
- 40.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513223, Wikipedia: GER Class R24 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.