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.

History

These locomotives were fitted with cylinders and diameter driving wheels. They were a tank engine version of the T26 class 2-4-0s, albeit with a 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, and so they were all initially fitted with Westinghouse air brake equipment.
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All had survived to pass to the LNER in 1923; the first retirement started in 1936 when 8090 was withdrawn.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.
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withdrawn		Locomotive numbers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
19481577114, 7115, 7117, 7119, 7134, 7141, 7143
1949837140, 67149, 7150
1950547124, 7126, 67128, 7139
19531167127

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