GER Class C32

The GER Class C32 was a class of fifty 2-4-2T steam locomotives designed by James Holden and built by the company's Stratford Works between 1892 and 1902. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification F3.

GER Class C32
LNER Class F3
GER 1085, one of the condenser-fitted R33 batch in an undated photograph
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerJames Holden
BuilderStratford Works
Build date1893–1902
Total produced50
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-4-2T
 • UIC1B1 n2t
Gauge4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.4 ft 0 in (1.219 m)
Driver dia.5 ft 8 in (1.727 m)
Trailing dia.4 ft 0 in (1.219 m)
Length34 ft 10 in (10.62 m) over buffers
Axle load15.30 long tons (15.55 t)
Adhesive weight29.25 long tons (29.72 t)
Loco weight58.60 long tons (59.54 t)
Fuel capacity3.25 long tons (3.30 t)
Water cap1,460 imp gal (6,600 l; 1,750 US gal)
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		18.0 sq ft (1.67 m2)
Boiler pressure160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa)
Heating surface1,164.7 sq ft (108.20 m2)
 • Tubes1,063.8 sq ft (98.83 m2)
 • Firebox100.9 sq ft (9.37 m2)
CylindersTwo, inside
Cylinder size17 1⁄2 in × 24 in (444 mm × 610 mm)
Valve gearStephenson
Valve typeSlide valves
Loco brakeWestinghouse air
Train brakesWestinghouse air
Performance figures
Tractive effort14,700 lbf (65.39 kN)
Career
Operators
Class
  • GER: 32
  • LNER: F3
Power classBR: 1P
Axle load classLNER: Route availability 3
Withdrawn1936–1953
DispositionAll scrapped

History

These locomotives were fitted with 17 1⁄2-by-24-inch (444 mm × 610 mm) cylinders and 5-foot-8-inch (1.727 m) diameter driving wheels. They were a tank engine version of the T26 class 2-4-0s, albeit with a 3-inch (76 mm) shorter coupled wheelbase. They shared the same type of boiler as that class, as well as the N31 and later Y14 class 0-6-0s. They were intended for use on long-distance stopping services,[1] and so they were all initially fitted with Westinghouse air brake equipment.

Table of orders and numbers[2]
YearOrderBuilderQuantityGER Nos.LNER Nos.1946 No.Notes
1893C32Stratford Works101090–10998090–80997114–710
1893O33Stratford Works101070–10798070–80797121–7127
1894R33Stratford Works101080–10898080–80897128–7132
1895G35Stratford Works101060–10698060–80697133–7140
1902D53Stratford Works101040–10498040–80497141–7150

The R33 and D53 batches had been fitted with condensing equipment from new, but the LNER gradually removed them from all but one locomotive, the exception being an early retirement.

All had survived to pass to the LNER in 1923; the first retirement started in 1936 when 8090 was withdrawn.

Thirty-seven locomotives lasted long enough to be renumbered in the 1946 scheme; fifteen of them became the property of British Railways in 1948, but only three of them lasted long enough to receive their BR number.

Table of withdrawals[3]
YearQuantity in
service at
start of year		Quantity
withdrawn		Locomotive numbers
19365018090
19374948069, 8074, 8076, 8098
19384588065, 8073, 8080, 8083, 8084, 8086, 8087, 8091
194737227116/18/21–23/25/29–33/35–38/42/44–48
(ex-8094/96/99/70–73/77/82/85/88/89/60/62–64/66/41/43–47)
19481577114, 7115, 7117, 7119, 7134, 7141, 7143
(ex-8092, 8093, 8095, 8097, 8061, 8040, 8042)
1949837140, 67149, 7150
(ex-8068, 8048, 8049)
1950547124, 7126, 67128, 7139
(ex-8075, 8078, 8081, 8067)
19531167127 (ex-1079)

References
  1. Baxter 2012, p. 82.
  2. Baxter 2012, pp. 82–93.
  3. Baxter 2012, pp. 82–83.

Sources
  • Aldrich, C. Langley (1969). The Locomotives of the Great Eastern Railway 1862–1962 (7th ed.). Wickford, Essex: C. Langley Aldrich. OCLC 30278831.
  • Baxter, Bertram (2012). Baxter, David; Mitchell, Peter (eds.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 6: Great Eastern Railway, North British Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway, Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway, remaining companies in the LNER group. Southampton: Kestrel Railway Books. p. 82–83. ISBN 978-1-905505-26-5.
  • Fry, E. V., ed. (April 1964). Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., part 7: Tank Engines - Classes A5 to H2. Kenilworth: RCTS. pp. 61–64. ISBN 0-901115-13-4.

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