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GER Class M15
LNER Class F5
No. 67200 at Ongar Station March 1957
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerJames Holden &
S. D. Holden
BuilderStratford Works
Build date1911–1912
Total produced20 rebuilt from F4
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-4-2T
Gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.5 ft 4 in (1.626 m)
Loco weight53 long tons 19 cwt (120,800 lb or 54.8 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Boiler pressure180 MPa (26,106.79 psi)
CylindersTwo, inside
Cylinder size17.5 in × 24 in (440 mm × 610 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort17,520 lbf (77.93 kN)
Career
Withdrawn1955–1958
DispositionAll scrapped

The GER Class M15 was a class of twenty 2-4-2T steam locomotives re built for the Great Eastern Railway by S. D. Holden in 1911-2 from the M15 class designed by James Holden his father in 1904. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification F5.



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