The GER Class G58 (LNER Class J17) is a class of 0-6-0 steam tender locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway in England. The class consisted partly of new locomotives built from 1905 to 1911 and partly of rebuilds of …

The GER Class G58 (LNER Class J17) was a class of 0-6-0 steam tender locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway in England. The class consisted partly of new locomotives built from 1905 to 1911 and partly of rebuilds of …

A total of thirty new Belpaire 0-6-0s (GER class G58) were built in three batches between 1905 and 1911. The LNER classified the Belpaire locomotives as J17. The GER started to rebuild round-topped J16s as Belpaire J17s in 1921.

A total of thirty new Belpaire 0-6-0s (GER Class G58) were built in three batches between 1905 and 1911. No. 1138 was then included in GER Class G58. The LNER classified the Belpaire locomotives as J17. The GER started to rebuild round-topped J16s as Belpaire J17s in 1921. Forty six J16s remained at Grouping (1923), and all had been rebuilt by ...

The GER Class F48 was a class of sixty 0-6-0 steam tender locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway in Great Britain. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping in 1923 and received the LNER classification J16.

The GER Class G58 is a class of 0-6-0 steam tender locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway in England. The class consisted partly of new locomotives built from 1905 to 1911 and partly of rebuilds of the earlier GER Class F48 built from 1900 to 1903.

The trials with the Belpaire boiler were successful, and it became standard on the following batches of 0-6-0s built between 1905 and 1911, these engines being known as the G58 class. Shown in the photograph is No. 1217, built in May 1905. Co-incidentally, this locomotive is now preserved in the National Collection. GERS Collection 7032/40

New engines with the Belpaire boiler appeared from 1905, and these were known as class G58. Some years later it was decided that, henceforth, the S46 4-4-0s and F48 0-6-0s would be fitted with Belpaire boilers when reboilering became due, and thus the rebuilds were then known as class D56 or G58 as appropriate.

It is often claimed that these were the finest inside-cylinder 4-6-0s to be produced in Europe. An equivalent 0-6-0 goods version was not produced until 1920, but in the interim, the standard F48/G58 class 0-6-0 design was revised to incorporate the S69 …