GER Class T18

GER Class T18

The GER Class T18 was a class of 0-6-0 steam tank locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping in 1923 and received the LNER classification J66.

Overview

These small locomotives had 16¾ x 22 in. cylinders, convert|4|ft|m|abbr=on. coupled wheels and a grate area of convert|12.4|sqft|m2|abbr=on.. They were rebuilt between 1898 and 1908. One was sold to the Mersey Electric Railway. [(RCTS 1983:73-77)]

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title = Locomotives of the LNER. Part 8A. Tank engines—classes J50 to J70
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