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Down (westbound) freight on the North London line atFinchley Road & Frognal. The train was probably from Temple Mills Yard (Leyton), heading for theSR with a Gresley rebuild of ex-GE J19 No. 64657. 7 May 1955 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TheGER Class T77 was a class of twenty-five0-6-0 steam locomotives designed byA. J. Hill for theGreat Eastern Railway. They all passed to theLondon and North Eastern Railway at the1923 grouping and received the classificationJ19.
These locomotives were a development of theGER Class E72, and shared the same 20-by-28-inch (508 mm × 711 mm) cylinders, 4-foot-11-inch (1.499 m) wheels, andBelpaire firebox-fitted boiler. Changes included vacuum brakes from new, and the abandonment of cylinder tail rods.
| Year | Order | Manufacturer | Quantity | GER Nos. | LNER Nos. | 1946 Nos. | Notes |
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| 1916–17 | T77 | Stratford Works | 10 | 1140–1149 | 8140–8149 | 4650–4659 | |
| 1917–18 | H80 | Stratford Works | 5 | 1260–1264 | 8260–8264 | 4660–4664 | |
| 1918–19 | X80 | Stratford Works | 5 | 1265–1269 | 8265–8269 | 4665–4669 | |
| 1920 | A81 | Stratford Works | 5 | 1250–1254 | 8250–8254 | 4670–4674 |
All were still in service at the 1923 grouping, the LNER adding 7000 to the numbers of nearly all the ex-Great Eastern locomotives, including the Class T77 locomotives. Between 1934 and 1939 all were rebuilt with round-top fireboxes, and the cylinder bore was reduced to 19 inches (483 mm).[1] The rebuilt locomotives were reclassified J19/2, while the yet-to-be rebuilt locomotives reclassified J19/1. The J19/2 classification also included the rebuilt former Class E72 locomotives.[2]
At nationalisation in 1948,British Railways added 60000 to their LNER numbers. They all continued in service until 1959, when the first was withdrawn; all were gone by the end of 1962.[1]
| Year | Quantity in service at start of year | Quantity withdrawn | Locomotive numbers | Notes |
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| 1959 | 25 | 8 | 64651/58/61–62/65/68/70/72 | |
| 1960 | 17 | 6 | 64650/54/56/59–60/63 | |
| 1961 | 11 | 7 | 64652–53/55/66–67/69/74 | |
| 1962 | 4 | 4 | 64657/64/71/73 |