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GER Class P43

No. 10, the first of the class.

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	James Holden
Builder	Stratford Works
Order number	P43
Build date	1898
Total produced	10

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	4-2-2
• UIC	2′A1 n2
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.	3 ft 9 in (1.143 m)
Driver dia.	7 ft 0 in (2.134 m)
Trailing dia.	4 ft 0 in (1.219 m)
Wheelbase	43 ft 11 in (13.39 m)
Length	53 ft 3 in (16.23 m) over buffers
Adhesive weight	18 long tons 0 cwt (40,300 lb or 18.3 t)
Loco weight	50 long tons 0 cwt (112,000 lb or 50.8 t)
Tender weight	30 long tons 12.5 cwt (68,600 lb or 31.1 t)
Fuel type	Oil (supplemented by coal)
Fuel capacity	Oil: 650–715 imp gal (2,950–3,250 L; 781–859 US gal) Coal: 1 long ton 10 cwt (3,400 lb or 1.5 t)
Water cap.	2,640 or 2,790 imp gal (12,000 or 12,700 L; 3,170 or 3,350 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	21.4 sq ft (1.99 m²)
Boiler pressure	160 lbf/in² (1.10 MPa)
Heating surface	1,292.73 sq ft (120.099 m²)
Cylinders	Two,
Cylinder size	18 in × 26 in (460 mm × 660 mm)

Performance figures
Tractive effort	13,639 lbf (60.67 kN)

Career
Operators	Great Eastern Railway
Numbers	10–19
Withdrawn	1907–1910
Disposition	All scrapped

The GER Class P43 was a class of ten 4-2-2 steam tender locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. They were the last 'singles' built for the Great Eastern, and the last in service.

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History

Constructed with oil-burning apparatus to speed the elite from the City of London to Cromer, West Runton & Sheringham^[1] and capable of reaching North Walsham non-stop in just over two and a half hours.^[2] They had 18-by-26-inch (457 mm × 660 mm) inside cylinders and 7-foot-0-inch (2.134 m) driving wheels.^[3]

Only a single batch of ten was built, all on order P43 in 1898, numbered 10 to 19. They had a short working life, as they were incapable of handling increasing heavy trains. They were withdrawn between 1907 and 1910.

Table of withdrawals^[4]
Year	Quantity in service at start of year	Quantity withdrawn	Locomotive numbers
1907	10	2	14, 18
1908	8	5	10, 11, 15, 16, 17
1909	3	1	19
1910	2	2	12, 13

References

^ Rous-Marten 1902, p. 272.
^ Rous-Marten 1898b
^ Aldrich 1969, pp. 68–69 quoting S. D. Holden's personal locomotive register
^ Aldrich 1969, p. 35.

Aldrich, C. Langley (1969). The Locomotives of the Great Eastern Railway 1862–1962 (7th ed.). Wickford, Essex: C. Langley Aldrich. OCLC 30278831.
Baxter, Bertram (2012). Baxter, David; Mitchell, Peter (eds.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 6: Great Eastern Railway, North British Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway, Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway, remaining companies in the LNER group. Southampton: Kestrel Railway Books. ISBN 978-1-905505-26-5.
Rous-Marten, C. (1898b). Engineer. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
Rous-Marten, C. (1902). Railway Magazine. 11: 272. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

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[1] – Great Eastern Railway Society

v t e Great Eastern Railway locomotives
R. Sinclair (1862–1866)	Z Y X W V
S. W. Johnson (1866–1876)	No. 1 125 201 202 417 204 109 477 T7 200 134 C8
Wm. Adams (1873–1878)	209 61 K9 230 527
M. Bromley (1878–1881)	E10 245 140 M12 552
T. W. Worsdell (1881–1885)	G14 Y14 G15 M15 G16
J. Holden (1885–1907)	T18 T19 127 E22 R24 D27 T26 N31 C32 P43 S44 S46 F48 C53 A55 D56 S56 G58
S. D. Holden (1907–1912)	Y65 G69 S69 E72
A. J. Hill (1912–1922)	C72 B74 L77 T77 D81 H88

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