#1763
GER Class T77
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stratford Works· from 1916· class of 25 British 0-6-0 locomotives, later LNER class J19
what is it?
The GER Class T77 was a class of twenty-five 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed by A. J. Hill for the Great Eastern Railway. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification J19.
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 110 years ago, in 1916.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 46 years (1916–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1916–1920
- in service from
- 1916
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 25
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Stratford Works
- designer
- A. J. Hill
- 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
- 15.9 m
- weight
- 47.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513230, Wikipedia: GER Class T77 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.