The GER Class T19 was a class of steam tender locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. Some were later rebuilt with larger boilers while others were rebuilt with both larger boilers and a wheel arrangement. Unusually, both the 2-4-0 and 4-4-0 rebuilds were classified as GER Class T19 Rebuilt. All the 2-4-0s had been withdrawn by 1920 so only the 4-4-0s passed to the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923 and these became the LNER Class D13.

Standard 2-4-0s The T19s was similar to the Worsdell Class G14, but had a slightly larger boiler. One hundred and ten locomotives were constructed. They had cylinders and the last ten had boilers, but the remainder were gradually fitted with two-ring boilers. +Table of orders and numbers Year Order No. Builder Quantity GER Nos. Notes 1886–87 T19 Stratford Works 10 710–719 1888 S20 Stratford Works 10 720–729 1888 F21 Stratford Works 10 730–739 1889 O22 Stratford Works 10 740–749 1889 R22 Stratford Works 10 750–759 1890 T24 Stratford Works 10 760–769 1892 S29 Stratford Works 10 700–709 1892 V29 Stratford Works 10 781–790 renumbered 770–779 in July 1904 1893 D32 Stratford Works 10 1010–1019 1895 H35 Stratford Works 10 1020–1029 1897 M39 Stratford Works 10 1030–1039

No. 758 was fitted with an extended smokebox in 1900. Oil burning apparatus was fitted to No. 712 and 759–767. No. 760 was named Petrolea. Tenders with water scoops were fitted to Nos. 762–767 and 1030–1039 to enable the Cromer expresses to run non-stop from Liverpool Street to from 1 July 1897. Water troughs were installed near in 1896, and at Halifax Junction (just south of ) in 1897.

Royal trains

No. 755 hauled the funeral train for the late Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale from King's Lynn to Windsor on 28 January 1892. No. 761 hauled the honeymoon train for the late prince's brother and former fiancée the Duke and Duchess of York (later George V and Queen Mary) from Liverpool Street to King's Lynn on 6 July 1893.

81 were rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century. The remaining 29 were scrapped between 1908 and 1913.

+ Table of withdrawals Year Quantity inservice atstart of year Quantitywithdrawn Locomotive Numbers 1908 29 8 711, 723, 746, 749, 754, 758, 761, 1024 1909 21 10 714, 716, 720–722, 753, 701, 703, 773, 1038 1910 11 7 726, 736, 752, 755, 757, 709, 1019 1911 4 3 740, 759, 764 1913 1 1 768

"Humpty Dumpty" 2-4-0s

Between 1902 and 1904, twenty-nine were rebuilt with new boilers with Belpaire fireboxes. With their small tenders, and a dome well-forward on the first ring, they looked front-heavy, and gained the nickname Humpty Dumpties. In fact they were so front heavy that they were never considered for superheating. They were withdrawn between 1913 and 1920. + Table of withdrawals Year Quantity inservice atstart of year Quantitywithdrawn Locomotive Numbers 1913 21 6 743, 762, 763, 769, 1022, 1034 1914 15 5 724, 760, 770, 774, 1011 1915 10 5 727, 750, 1010, 1014, 1017 1919 5 3 725, 702, 771 1920 2 2 776, 778

4-4-0s

Between 1905 and 1908 sixty were rebuilt as 4-4-0 tender engines with the same new Belpaire boilers. The first ten re-used the bogies from Class G16 4-4-0s, while the other re-used the rear bogie from withdrawn Class E10 0-4-4T locomotives. Superheaters began to be fitted from 1913, and all those still in service in 1926 had been so fitted.

Two were withdrawn in 1922, and the remaining fifty-eight passed to the LNER at the 1923 grouping. The LNER Classified them as Class D13, and added 7000 to their Great Eastern number. They were initially repainted in the LNER passenger green livery, but from 1928, repaints were in black with red lining. Withdrawals continued steadily, until in 1944, the last survivor was withdrawn. See also (Ahrons 1951). + Table of withdrawals Year Quantity inservice atstart of year Quantitywithdrawn Locomotive Numbers 1922 60 2 715, 747 1923 58 1 7730 1925 57 1 8018 1926 56 2 7705, 8031 1927 54 1 8033 1929 53 1 7710 1930 52 2 7717, 7765 1931 50 8 7712, 7728, 7731, 7733, 7734, 7738, 7739, 7748 1932 42 3 7719, 7735, 7704 1933 39 6 7713, 7718, 7732, 7737, 7745, 7751 1934 33 4 7767, 7777, 8015, 8037 1935 29 9 7741, 7742, 7744, 7766, 7700, 7708, 7779, 8012, 8013 1936 20 6 7729, 7775, 8020, 8021, 8027, 8032 1937 14 4 7707, 8025, 8026, 8036 1938 10 7 7756, 7706, 7772, 8016, 8028–8030 1943 3 2 8023, 8035 1944 1 1 8039

See also

GER Class T26

References

External links

— Great Eastern Railway Society