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GER Class Y65
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stratford Works· from 1909· class of 12 British 2-4-2T locomotives, later LNER class F7
what is it?
The GER Class Y65 was a class of twelve 2-4-2T steam locomotives designed by S. D. Holden and built by the company's Stratford Works in 1909–1910. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification F7.
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 117 years ago, in 1909.
- 9.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 39 years (1909–1948).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1909–1910
- in service from
- 1909
- retired
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Stratford Works
- designer
- S. D. Holden
- operators
- Great Eastern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways, Scottish Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-2
- length
- 9.1 m
- nicknames
- Crystal Palace tanks
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q20870498, Wikipedia: GER Class Y65 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.