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GER Class G14
No. 562
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer T. W. Worsdell Builder Stratford Works Build date 1882-1883 Total produced 20
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-4-0 Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)standard gauge Driver dia. 7 ft 0 in (2.134 m) Loco weight 38.1 long tons (38.7 t; 42.7 short tons) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 5 long tons (5.1 t; 5.6 short tons) Water cap. 3,200 imp gal (15,000 L; 3,800 US gal) Boiler pressure 140 psi (970 kPa) Cylinders Two, inside Cylinder size 18 in × 24 in (457 mm × 610 mm)
Career Operators Great Eastern Railway Class GER: G14 Disposition All scrapped by 1901

TheGreat Eastern Railway (GER) Class G14 was a class of2-4-0steam locomotives.

The Class G14 was designed byThomas William Worsdell for the express service fromLondon toNorwich, the first locomotive produced while he was superintendent. A total of 20 were built, 562–564 in late 1882 and the rest in 1883.

The locomotive was designed for the Great Eastern Railway's London to Norwich route on which the frequent sharp curves between London and Cambridge necessitated that the wheelbase not be entirely rigid, so a radial axle box was fitted to the front wheels giving 1.5 in (3.8 cm) of side motion each way controlled by a horizontal elliptical spring. It usedJoy valve gear, with the valves placed on top of the cylinders, allowing them to be brought closer together allowing larger cylinders and longer bearings, the Joy valve motion having the benefit of not requiring space on the crankshaft for eccentrics.^[1]

The locomotives were numbered 562 to 571, and 640 to 649, 20 in total.^[2]

• InSwaffham, on 31 January 1894, G14 No. 567 managed to either run across the turntable, or reverse out of it instead of moving forward, and crashed through the buffer stops and down a steep bank tender first. The locomotive fortunately being saved by the tender which jammed between the rear of the locomotive and the road below that separated the engine yard from Northwell Pool.

• 2-4-0 locomotives
• 1B n2 locomotives
• Great Eastern Railway locomotives
• Railway locomotives introduced in 1882
• Standard-gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain
• Scrapped locomotives

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