GER Class S56

what is it?

The GER Class S56 was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. Together with some rebuilt examples of GER Class R24, they passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping in 1923, and received the LNER classification J69.

who runs it

GEGreat Eastern RailwayLondon and North Eastern RailwayBritish RailEREastern Region of British RailwaysWDWar Department

base stats

• weight 42.7 tin working order
• built 20made 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 122 years ago, in 1904.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
• ⌛Served for 58 years (1904–1962).

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

spec sheet

built

1904

in service from

1904

retired

1962

status

preserved

number built

20

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, War Department

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

0-6-0

length

8.2 m

weight

42.7 t

nicknames

Bucks, Buckjumpers

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