The GER Class C53 was a class of twelve 0-6-0 T steam tram locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping, and received the LNER classification J70.

The LNER J70 formally the GER Class C53 is a type of 0-6-0T steam tram, designed by James Holden and introduced in 1903 and all of them got scrapped by 1955. These replaced the older Y6 GER Class G15, they ended up looking extremely similar. The tram engines were built for the Wisbech and Upwell...

Class C53 of 1903 was an up-dating of Worsdell’s 0-4-0 tram engine design with greater power. Although the boiler was practically the same as before, it was of heavier construction, being designed for a working pressure of 180 lbs. psi.

The J70 0-6-0 (GER Class C53) Tram Engines. T.W. Worsdell designed the four-wheeled Y6 steam trams for for running on or alongside public roads on the Wisbech & Upwell Tramway. The bulk of this line's traffic was agricultural in nature and hence very seasonal.

The GER Class C53 was a class of twelve 0-6-0 T steam tram locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping, and received the LNER classification J70.

In today's video, we take a look at the tram engines of the GER that may or may not have been the inspiration for a certain author's own square engine ...more.

2013年9月6日 · Add your photos on this thread of any class of British locomotive, whether it be steam, diesel or electric. Here's a couple of my favourites that used to run on the 1883 - 1966 G.E.R (later LNER) Wisbech & Upwell Tramway... GER Class C53 …

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2007年2月14日 · The Great Eastern Railway Class C53, classified as Class J70 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was a class of 0-6-0 tramway locomotive used on the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway from the 1930s to the 1950s.

GER Class C53 (LNER J70) 0-6-0 Steam Trams. With increasing traffic in the early 20th Century, James Holden designed a more powerful 0-6-0 version of the Class G15 locomotives. Visually these were very similar, but boasted outside cylinders with Walschaerts valve gear, and a …