GER Class P43

GER Class P43

The GER Class P43 was a class of 4-2-2 steam tender locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway.

Overview

Constructed with oil-burning apparatus to speed the elite from the City of London to Cromer, West Runton & Sheringham [(Rous-Marten 1902:272)] and capable of reaching North Walsham non-stop in just over two and a half hours. [Rous-Marten 1898b] They had 18 x 24 in. outside cylinders and 7ft. 6in. driving wheels. [(Fryer 1993)]

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