The Holden G4 (GER Class S44) 0-4-4T Locomotives. James Holden re-introduced the 0-4-4T type in 1898 with his Class S44 (LNER Class G4), for working the Enfield and Chingford lines.

The GER Class S44 was a class of forty 0-4-4T steam locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification G4.

The LNER 'G' 0-4-4 Locomotives. The LNER owned a number of 0-4-4 tank locomotive types, including an unusual crane tank. The 0-4-4T configuration was a popular type for local passenger and branch work, and was often adopted as an alternative to the 2-4-2T configuration.

The NER Class O (LNER Class G5) was a class of 0-4-4T steam locomotives of the North Eastern Railway, [1] [2] designed by the company's Chief Engineer, Wilson Worsdell. [2] They all survived into British Railways ownership in 1948 and their BR numbers were 67240-67349.

Quick Facts GER Class S44 LNER Class G4, Type and origin ... • Whyte. • UIC. Water cap. • Grate area. These were the last 0-4-4T locomotives built for the Great Eastern Railway, [1] a type which, as side tanks, the GER had pioneered in Britain. [2] .

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) produced several classes of locomotive, mostly to the designs of Nigel Gresley, characterised by a three-cylinder layout with a parallel boiler and round-topped firebox.

The GER Class S44 was a class of forty 0-4-4T steam locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification G4.

Scans of a superb book by our late member Geoff Pember containing maps, photographs, scale drawings and an account of GER 0-4-4T locomotives used for suburban services (the survivors becoming LNER class G4). Data for every single locomotive is tabulated. Their allocation and duties are described.

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Stirling designed three types of 0-4-4 tank engines for the GNR. Two of these survived into LNER ownership as the LNER G1 and G2 classes, whilst one member of the third class survived in the form of a crane tank. The G1s were built after the G2 …