GER Class T19
Oil-burning T19 No. 760Petrolea
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer James Holden Builder Stratford Works Build date 1886-1897 Total produced 110
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-4-0  • UIC 1B n2 Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Leading dia. 4 ft 0 in (1.219 m) Driver dia. 7 ft 0 in (2.134 m) Wheelbase 36 ft 7 in (11.15 m) Length 48 ft 2 in (14.68 m) over buffers Adhesive weight 27 long tons 11 cwt (61,700 lb or 28 t) Loco weight 42 long tons 0 cwt (94,100 lb or 42.7 t) Fuel type Coal, some converted to fuel oil Firebox: ​  • Grate area 18 sq ft (1.7 m2) Boiler pressure 160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa) Heating surface 1,199.5 sq ft (111.44 m2) Cylinders Two, inside Cylinder size 18 in × 24 in (457 mm × 610 mm)
Performance figures Tractive effort 12,590 lbf (56.00 kN)
Career Operators Great Eastern Railway Nicknames Standards Withdrawn 1902–1908 (for rebuilding) 1908–1913 (for scrapping) Disposition 29 scrapped, 21 rebuilt as "Humpty-Dumpties", 60 rebuilt as 4-4-0

TheGER Class T19 was a class of2-4-0steamtender locomotives designed byJames Holden for theGreat Eastern Railway. Some were later rebuilt with larger boilers while others were rebuilt with both larger boilers and a4-4-0 wheel arrangement. Unusually, both the 2-4-0 and 4-4-0 rebuilds were classified as GER Class T19 Rebuilt. All the 2-4-0s had been withdrawn by 1920 so only the 4-4-0s passed to theLondon and North Eastern Railway in 1923 and these became the LNER ClassD13.

The T19s was similar to theWorsdellClass G14, but had a slightly largerboiler. One hundred and ten locomotives were constructed. They had 18-by-24-inch (457 mm × 610 mm)cylinders and the last ten had 160-pound-force-per-square-inch (1.10 MPa) boilers, but the remainder were gradually fitted withtwo-ring boilers.

No. 758 was fitted with an extendedsmokebox in 1900.Oilburning apparatus was fitted to No. 712 and 759–767. No. 760 was namedPetrolea. Tenders with water scoops were fitted to Nos. 762–767 and 1030–1039 to enable theCromer expresses to run non-stop fromLiverpool Street toNorth Walsham from 1 July 1897.Water troughs were installed nearTivetshall in 1896, and at Halifax Junction (just south ofIpswich) in 1897.^[2]

No. 755 hauled the funeral train for the latePrince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale fromKing's Lynn toWindsor on 28 January 1892. No. 761 hauled the honeymoon train for the late prince's brother and former fiancée theDuke andDuchess of York (laterGeorge V andQueen Mary) fromLiverpool Street to King's Lynn on 6 July 1893.

81 were rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century. The remaining 29 were scrapped between 1908 and 1913.

GER Class T19R "Humpty Dumpty"
GER 769
Type and origin Only differences from T19 above are shown Power type Steam Rebuilder Stratford Works Rebuild date 1902–1904 Number rebuilt 21
Specifications Adhesive weight 30 long tons 12 cwt (68,500 lb or 31.1 t) Loco weight 45 long tons 9 cwt (101,800 lb or 46.2 t) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 21.6 sq ft (2.01 m2) Boiler Belpaire Boiler pressure 180 lbf/in2 (1.24 MPa) Heating surface 1,476.2 sq ft (137.14 m2)
Performance figures Tractive effort 14,162 lbf (63.00 kN)
Career Operators Great Eastern Railway Class T19R Nicknames Humpty Dumpty Withdrawn 1913–1920

Between 1902 and 1904, twenty-nine were rebuilt with new boilers withBelpaire fireboxes. With their small tenders, and a dome well-forward on the first ring, they looked front-heavy, and gained the nicknameHumpty Dumpties. In fact they were so front heavy that they were never considered forsuperheating.^[3] They were withdrawn between 1913 and 1920.

GER T19R 4-4-0 LNER Class D13
Type and origin Only differences from T19 above are shown Power type Steam Rebuilder Stratford Works Rebuild date 1905–1908 Number rebuilt 60
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-4-0  • UIC 2′B n2, later 2′B h2 Leading dia. 3 ft 1 in (0.940 m) Wheelbase 41 ft5+1⁄2 in (12.64 m) Length 50 ft7+1⁄2 in (15.43 m) Adhesive weight 32 long tons 14 cwt (73,200 lb or 33.2 t) Loco weight 48 long tons 6 cwt (108,200 lb or 49.1 t) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 21.6 sq ft (2.01 m2) Boiler pressure 180 lbf/in2 (1.24 MPa) Heating surface 1,297.3 sq ft (120.52 m2)
Performance figures Tractive effort 14,163 lbf (63.00 kN)
Career Operators GER »LNER Class GER: T19R LNER: D13 Withdrawn 1922–1944

Between 1905 and 1908 sixty were rebuilt as 4-4-0 tender engines with the same new Belpaire boilers. The first ten re-used the bogies fromClass G16^[5] 4-4-0s, while the other re-used the rear bogie from withdrawnClass E10^[6] 0-4-4T locomotives.^[7] Superheaters began to be fitted from 1913,^[8] and all those still in service in 1926 had been so fitted.

Two were withdrawn in 1922, and the remaining fifty-eight passed to the LNER at the 1923 grouping. The LNER Classified them as Class D13, and added 7000 to their Great Eastern number. They were initially repainted in the LNER passenger green livery, but from 1928, repaints were in black with red lining.^[8] Withdrawals continued steadily, until in 1944, the last survivor was withdrawn.^[9] See also (Ahrons 1951).

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