The GER Class Y65 was a class of twelve 2-4-2 T steam locomotives designed by S. D. Holden and built by the company's Stratford Works in 1909–1910. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification F7 .

Several temporary halts were opened and served by push-pull or ‘motor’ trains operated by the Y65s. The GER had begun push-pull operation with these engines before 1914, having adopted a similar compressed air-operated control system as the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, and which became the Southern Railway standard.

2024年3月27日 · Today's post is another commission, this one being requested by user thomas-fan-collector, who kindly asked for a sprite of the GER's Class Y65, a class of twelve 2-4-2t's build between 1909-1910; Here's some information about this Class:

2014年9月29日 · The Y65 class 2-4-2Ts were intended to both replace the last of the pre-Worsdell o-4-4 tanks class and to free up for other duties the rusticated members of the E22 class which pottered up and down the lightest of GE branchlines.

2023年12月20日 · Topham accidentally got swindled into buying her expecting an gwr hall class instead. After the initial confusion and disappointment wore off she quickly proved herself a great asset to the railway being a quick and effective goods engine and a very reliable banker on tough hills for other engines.

2017年3月28日 · Although the Y56s fell short in their original assignments on various GER branch lines, where 0-6-0Ts were preferred, the GER Society notes that they proved handy ("found their niche") in World War One for serving in push-pull service among several munitions on the Churchbury Loop between Lower Edmonton and Cheshunt north of London.

The S D Holden (The son of James Holden) locomotive introduced as the GER class Y65 class and subsequently the LNER F7 class were smaller than all of the other 2-4-2T engines on the GER. Twelve of these engines were built specifically for light branch work for which they were equipped for push-pull operation.

2017年11月21日 · Die Dampflokomotiven der Y65 Class der Great Eastern Railway (GER) wurden von S.D. Holden entworfen und 1909 bis 1910 gebaut. Die 12 Maschinen mit der Achsfolge 2-4-2T bekamen nach dem Grouping 1923 bei der London and North Eeastern Railway die Bezeichnung LNER F7 Class .

2024年1月9日 · The GER Class Y65 was a class of twelve 2-4-2T steam locomotives designed by S. D. Holden and built by the company's Stratford Works in 1909–1910. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification F7 .

The GER Class Y65 was a class of twelve 2-4-2T steam locomotives designed by S. D. Holden and built by the company's Stratford Works in 1909–1910. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification F7.