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GER Class Y14 : ウィキペディア英語版 | GER Class Y14
The Great Eastern Railway (GER) Class Y14 is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive. The LNER classified them J15. The Class Y14 was designed by T.W. Worsdell for both freight and passenger duties - a veritable 'maid of all work'. Introduced in July 1883, they were so successful that all the succeeding chief superintendents continued to build new batches down to 1913 with little design change, the final total being 289.〔(Locomotives of the Great Eastern Railway )〕 During World War I, 43 of the engines served in France and Belgium.〔(The Class J15 (GER Class Y14) 0-6-0 Locomotives )〕 ==Background==
On 10–11 December 1891, the Great Eastern Railway's Stratford Works built one of these locomotives and had it in steam with a coat of grey primer in 9 hours 47 minutes; this remains a world record. The locomotive then went off to run on Peterborough to London coal trains before coming back to the works for the final coat of paint. It lasted 40 years and ran a total of . Because of their light weight the locomotives were given the Route Availability (RA) number 1, indicating that they could work over nearly all routes.
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