Английская Википедия:GER Class B74

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Morefootnotes Шаблон:Infobox locomotive The GER Class B74 was a class of five 0-4-0T steam locomotives designed by Alfred John Hill for the Great Eastern Railway. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the LNER classification Y4.

History

These locomotives had Шаблон:Convert outside cylinders driving Шаблон:Convert wheels. They were built to replace the older, less powerful Class 209 (LNER Class Y5). From 1914 two of the class worked the Globe Road & Devonshire Street goods yards.[1]

Table of orders and numbersШаблон:Sfn
Year Order Manufacturer Quantity GER Nos. LNER Nos. LNER 1944 Nos. Notes
1913 B74 Stratford Works 1 227 7227 8125
1914 B77 Stratford Works 2 228, 226 7228, 7226, 8126, 8127
1921 A82 Stratford Works 2 229, 210 7229, 7210 8128, 8129

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 B74 locomotives. There were renumbered 8125–8129 in the 1944 renumbering scheme. At nationalisation in 1948, British Railways added 60000 to their numbers.

In 1952, number 68129 was transferred to the Service (departmental) list and renumbered 33. Withdrawals started in 1955 with 68125, with 68127 and 68128 going in 1956 and 68126 in 1957. The last to be withdrawn was 33, in 1963.

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