The GER Class G15 was a class of ten 0-4-0T steam tram locomotives designed by Thomas William Worsdell for the British Great Eastern Railway. Six passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at the 1923 grouping, and received the LNER classification Y6.

The Wisbech & Upwell tramway was constructed by the GER under the terms of the 1870 Tramways Act, which was intended to encourage the building of railways in rural areas by relaxing some of the more expensive regulations regarding the provision of fencing, signalling and so on.

The Y6 (GER G15) 0-4-0 Tram Engines T.W. Worsdell designed these distinctive 0-4-0 steam tram locomotives for the Wisbech & Upwell Tramway, which opened in July 1883.

The GER Class G15 was a class of ten 0-4-0T steam tram locomotives designed by Thomas William Worsdell for the Great Eastern Railway. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at the 1923 grouping, and received the LNER classification Y6.

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.

Beefy, Belpaire-firebox tanks designed by the GER's locomotive superintendent AJ Hill to run in the Stratford area at several locations including Bethnal Green, Canning Town, Mile End Yard, and Devonshire Street.

2010年6月21日 · One of the more obscure projects at Wansford, although in my opinion one of the most interesting, is the project to rebuild a Belgian Cockerill 0-4-0 tram engine into a replica of a GER Class G15/LNER Y6.

2024年2月2日 · The GER Class G15 was a class of ten 040T steam tram locomotives designed by Thomas William Worsdell for the Great Eastern Railway. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at the 1923 grouping, and received the LNER classification Y6.

Ten of these GER Class G15 locomotives were built between 1883 and 1897. When rebuilt in the early 20th Century, they were fitted with the same 140psi boilers used on the newer J70s.

GER 0-4-0 Tram Engine No.132. GER Class G15 (LNER Class Y6). Fully dimensioned. A single drawing. (See LG031 for a Wisbech & Upwell tramcar).