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TheGER Class E22 was a class of twenty0-6-0Tsteam locomotives designed byJames Holden for theGreat Eastern Railway. They passed to theLondon and North Eastern Railway at the grouping in 1923 and received the LNER classification J65.
These had 4-foot-0-inch (1.219 m)coupled wheels,[1] 14-by-20-inch (356 by 508 mm)cylinders and were lighter than theT18 (LNER J66) class.
| Year | Order | Builder | Quantity | GER Nos. | LNER Nos. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889 | E22 | Stratford Works | 10 | 150–159 | 7150–7159 | |
| 1893 | B32 | Stratford Works | 10 | 245–254 | 7245–7254 |
They were reboilered between 1889 and 1912. TheMacallan variable blastpipe was removed from 1924. They ran as2-4-0Ts on theFenchurch Street toBlackwall service and were sometimes known asBlackwall Tanks. They operated on theStoke Ferry,Eye andMid-Suffolk Light Railway branches. Withdrawals started in 1930, and by 1937 fifteen had been withdrawn, but there were no more retirements for ten years. In 1944 the five surviving locomotives were renumbered8211–8215 in order of construction. These last five were withdrawn between 1947 and 1956,[3] when the class became extinct.[4]
| Year | Quantity in service at start of year | Quantity withdrawn | Locomotive numbers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 20 | 1 | 7246 |
| 1931 | 19 | 3 | 7153, 7245, 7251 |
| 1932 | 16 | 2 | 7154, 7158 |
| 1935 | 14 | 2 | 7152, 7252 |
| 1936 | 12 | 1 | 7248 |
| 1937 | 11 | 6 | 7150, 7151, 7156, 7159, 7249, 7254 |
| 1947 | 5 | 1 | 8212 (ex-7157) |
| 1948 | 4 | 1 | 68213 (ex-7247) |
| 1949 | 3 | 1 | 68215 (ex-7253) |
| 1953 | 2 | 1 | 68211 (ex-7155) |
| 1956 | 1 | 1 | 68214 (ex-7250) |