GER Class E22

The GER Class E22 was a class of twenty 0-6-0T steam 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 J65.

GER Class E22 LNER Class J65
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer James Holden Build date 1888–1893 Total produced 20 Rebuild date 1889–1912
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0T  • UIC C n2t Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 4 ft 0 in (1.219 m) Wheelbase 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m) Length 27 ft 2 in (8.28 m) over buffers Loco weight 36 long tons 10.5 cwt (81,800 lb or 37.1 t) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 2 long tons 10 cwt (5,600 lb or 2.5 t) Water cap. 650 imp gal (2,950 L; 781 US gal) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 12.4 sq ft (1.15 m2) Boiler pressure 160 psi (1.10 MPa) Heating surface 979.4 sq ft (90.99 m2) Cylinder size 14 in × 20 in (356 mm × 508 mm)
Performance figures Tractive effort 11,106 lbf (49.40 kN)
Career Operators GER » LNER » BR Class GER: E22 LNER: J65 Power class BR: 1F Nicknames Blackwall Tanks Axle load class LNER/BR: RA 1 Withdrawn 1930–1956 Disposition All scrapped

History

These had 4-foot-0-inch (1.219 m) coupled wheels,^[1] 14-by-20-inch (356 by 508 mm) cylinders and were lighter than the T18 (LNER J66) class.

Table of orders and numbers^[2]

Year	Order	Builder	Quantity	GER Nos.	LNER Nos.	Notes
1889	E22	Stratford Works	10	150–159	7150–7159
1893	B32	Stratford Works	10	245–254	7245–7254

They were reboilered between 1889 and 1912. The Macallan variable blastpipe was removed from 1924. They ran as 2-4-0Ts on the Fenchurch Street to Blackwall service and were sometimes known as Blackwall Tanks. They operated on the Stoke Ferry, Eye and Mid-Suffolk Light Railway branches. Withdrawals started in 1930, and by 1937 fifteen had been withdrawn, but there were no more retirements for ten years. In 1944 the five surviving locomotives were renumbered 8211–8215 in order of construction. These last five were withdrawn between 1947 and 1956,^[3] when the class became extinct.^[4]

Table of withdrawals^[5]

Year	Quantity in service at start of year	Quantity withdrawn	Locomotive numbers
1930	20	1	7246
1931	19	3	7153, 7245, 7251
1932	16	2	7154, 7158
1935	14	2	7152, 7252
1936	12	1	7248
1937	11	6	7150, 7151, 7156, 7159, 7249, 7254
1947	5	1	8212 (ex-7157)
1948	4	1	68213 (ex-7247)
1949	3	1	68215 (ex-7253)
1953	2	1	68211 (ex-7155)
1956	1	1	68214 (ex-7250)