GER Class N31
Class of British steam locomotives
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The GER Class N31 was a class of eighty-two 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. Eighteen passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at the 1923 grouping and received the LNER classification J14.
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History
These goods locomotives had 17.5-by-24-inch (444 mm × 610 mm) cylinders, 4-foot-11-inch (1.499 m) driving wheels, and a 160-pound-force-per-square-inch (1,100 kPa) boiler. Eighty-one were built at Stratford Works between 1893 and 1898.
Table of orders and numbers
| Year | Order | Quantity | GER Nos. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | N31 | 1 | 999 | |
| 1893 | H33 | 10 | 979–988 | |
| 1894 | L33 | 10 | 989–998 | |
| 1894 | E34 | 10 | 969–978 | |
| 1896 | N37 | 10 | 959–968 | |
| 1897 | H40 | 10 | 949–958 | |
| 1897 | O41 | 10 | 602–608, 946–948 | |
| 1898 | G42 | 10 | 542–551 | |
| 1898 | K43 | 10 | 562–571 | |
Class 127
Performance
Withdrawals
Withdrawals started in 1908, and by the end of 1922, only eighteen were left in service. The LNER allocated numbers 7000 higher than the locomotives' GER numbers, but withdrawals continued, and by 1925 the class was extinct.
| Year | Quantity in service at start of year | Quantity withdrawn | Locomotive numbers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | 82 | 1 | 971 |
| 1909 | 81 | 18 | 546, 549, 565, 566, 570, 571, 602, 605, 608, 950, 953–955, 957, 966, 969, 972, 975 |
| 1910 | 63 | 14 | 542, 550, 563, 568, 569, 603, 606, 956, 962, 974, 982, 989, 990, 991 |
| 1911 | 49 | 9 | 547, 551, 562, 567, 958, 960, 961, 988, 997 |
| 1912 | 40 | 6 | 544, 949, 952, 967, 968, 996 |
| 1913 | 34 | 3 | 607, 979, 935 (ex-127) |
| 1914 | 31 | 3 | 0545, 0564, 947 |
| 1915 | 28 | 1 | 946 |
| 1916 | 27 | 1 | 994 |
| 1920 | 26 | 2 | 0543, 999 |
| 1921 | 24 | 1 | 965 |
| 1922 | 23 | 5 | 548, 948, 986, 992, 995 |
| 1923 | 18 | 6 | 959, 970, 976, 980, 985, 993 |
| 1924 | 12 | 5 | 951, 963, 964, 977, 978 |
| 1925 | 7 | 7 | 604, 973, 981, 983, 984, 987, 998 |
