The GER Class S44 was a class of forty 0-4-4T steam locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification G4.
History These were the last 0-4-4T locomotives built for the Great Eastern Railway, a type which, as side tanks, the GER had pioneered in Britain. The locomotives were all built at Stratford Works and had inside cylinders driving wheels.
+ Table of orders and numbers Year Order Quantity GER Nos. LNER Nos. Notes 1898–99 S44 10 1100–1109 8100–8109 1899 F47 10 1110–1119 8111–8119 1900 R48 10 1120–1129 8120–8129 1900–01 L50 10 1130–1139 8130–8139 All were still in service at the 1923 grouping; the LNER adding 7000 to the numbers of nearly all the ex-Great Eastern locomotives, including the Class S44 locomotives. Withdrawals started in 1929 with No. 8133 and finished in 1939 with 8139.
+ Table of withdrawals Year Quantity inservice atstart of year Quantitywithdrawn Locomotive numbers Notes 1929 40 3 8103, 8120, 8133 1930 37 6 8102, 8108, 8111, 8118, 8121, 8128 1931 31 12 8100, 8104, 8106, 8107, 8112–8115, 8125, 8127, 8135, 8138 1932 19 5 8110, 8122, 8129, 8130, 8132 1933 14 6 8101, 8109, 8116, 8117, 8119, 8126 1934 8 4 8124, 8131, 8136, 8137 1936 4 1 8134 1938 3 2 8105, 8123 1939 1 1 8139
References
External links
– Great Eastern Railway Society The Holden G4 (GER Class S44) 0-4-4T Locomotives – LNER Encyclopedia