GER Class 209 (LNER Class Y5)
GER Class 209 (LNER Class Y5) 0-4-0ST Service locomotive. Built at Stratford Works in 1903 as No. 230 (LNER 7230, then 8081 and BR 68081), it became the shunter for the Carriage Works at Stratford and is seen here outside Stratford Old (Locomotive) Works, 28 September 1946.
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Neilson and Company Builder Neilson and Company (4) GERStratford Works (4) Model Neilson 12-inch Mineral Engine Build date 1874–1903 Total produced 8
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-4-0ST  • UIC B n2t Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)standard gauge Driver dia. 3 ft 7 in (1.09 m) Wheelbase 5 ft 9 in (1.753 m) Length 21 ft4+1⁄2 in (6.515 m) overbuffers Loco weight 21 long tons 4 cwt (47,500 lb or 21.5 t) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 0 long tons 10 cwt (1,100 lb or 0.5 t) Water cap. 470 imp gal (2,100 L; 560 US gal) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 7.01 sq ft (0.651 m2) Boiler pressure 140 psi (0.97 MPa) Heating surface 514.55 sq ft (47.803 m2) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 12 in × 20 in (305 mm × 508 mm)
Performance figures Tractive effort 7,970 lbf (35.45 kN)
Career Operators GER »LNER »BR Class GER: 209 LNER: Y5 Nicknames Coffee Pot Withdrawn 1911–1948 Disposition One preserved, remainder scrapped

TheGER Class 209 (LNER ClassY5) is a class of0-4-0saddle tanksteam locomotives of theGreat Eastern Railway. These locomotives were similar to theNBR G Class but had flat-topped, instead of round-topped, tanks. A total of eight were built – four byNeilson and Company in 1874 and four more by the GER'sStratford Works between 1897 and 1903.

In order toshunt locations with tight curves and weight restrictions, two 0-4-0T locomotives were purchased fromNeilson and Company to one of that company's standard designs by the GER, and this was followed by an order for a further two locomotives in 1876. In 1894–1895 these four locos were rebuilt underJames Holden, the work including new boilers, steam brakes, and covered cabs.^[1] Two of these locomotives worked at Globe Road & Devonshire Street goods yards between 1874 and 1914.^[2]

In 1897 two new locomotives were built atStratford Works, identical to the rebuilt 209 Class, but with slightly higher bunkers, and a further two locomotives to this new design were built, also at Stratford, in 1903.^[1]

Four locomotives had been withdrawn or sold before 1923. The remaining four passed intoLondon and North Eastern Railway ownership at thegrouping in 1923. Their LNER class was Y5.

Two locomotives, 226 and 227 were scrapped in 1911. By 1914, number 228 was placed on the duplicate list, becoming 0228; its old number being re-used by a newClass B74 (LNER Class Y4) locomotive. Number 210 was also scrapped in 1914, and 229 was sold in 1918. Number 7209 was withdrawn in 1926. Numbers 07228 and 7230 became departmental locomotives at Stratford, with the former being withdrawn in 1927, after having been used as a stationary boiler.^[3] Number 7231 had been adapted as a tram locomotive and used at Colchester, before being withdrawn in 1931.

The last member of the class left in service, 7230, was renumbered8081 in 1944; and just survived intoBritish Railways ownership in 1948 but was scrapped early that year before it could receive its BR number.

Key

• wdn. = withdrawal date, scrapping date unknown
• scr. = scrapping date

One locomotive, GER no. 229, was exhibited at the formerNorth Woolwich Old Station Museum, which closed in 2008. This is the one which was sold in 1918. It was moved to a site nearLydney,Gloucestershire, as a static display awaiting restoration to working order in 2012. Restored at the Flour Mill, it returned to working order in 2025.^[5][6][7]

A 4 mm scale kit is available from High Level Kits.^[8]A 4 mm scale 3d Print-able body is available on Thingiverse.^[9]

• Minimum railway curve radius

• Aldrich, C. Langley (1969).The Locomotives of the Great Eastern Railway 1862–1962 (7th ed.). Wickford, Essex: C. Langley Aldrich.OCLC 30278831.

Wikimedia Commons has media related toGER Class 209 / LNER Class Y5.

• No.209 — Great Eastern Railway Society
• The Y5 (GER 209) Neilson & Co 0-4-0 Shunters — LNER Encyclopedia

• Great Eastern Railway locomotives
• 0-4-0ST locomotives
• B n2t locomotives
• Railway locomotives introduced in 1874
• Neilson locomotives
• Standard-gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain
• Shunting locomotives

• CS1 errors: missing title
• CS1 errors: bare URL
• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Use dmy dates from March 2017
• Use British English from March 2017
• All Wikipedia articles written in British English
• Commons category link is on Wikidata