The Great Eastern Railway was formed on 1 August 1862, when the Eastern Counties Railway changed its name. The ECR had originally been built to gauge, was converted to in September and October 1844.
Image | Class | Type | Quantity | Manufacturer | Date | Notes | ||
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6 | 1856–59 | align=left | ||||||
6 | 1858 | align=left | ||||||
110 | Neilson & Co. (20) R. Stephenson & Co. (15) R. & W. Hawthorn & Co. (15) Kitson & Co. (25) Vulcan Foundry (25) Schneider & Cie. (10) | 1859–66 | align=left | 20 later rebuilt as 4-4-0 between 1876–78; 10 rebuilt as class U13 in 1882 (see below) | ||||
5 | 1862 | align=left | ||||||
31 | Wm. Fairbairn & Sons (5) Slaughter, Grüning & Co. (10) Kitson & Co. (10) Schneider & Cie. (6) | 1862–67 | align=left | Two rebuilt as 4-2-2 in 1873 | ||||
20 | 1864–65 | align=left |
Image | Class | Type | Quantity | Manufacturer | Date | Notes | ||
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5 | 1867 | align=left | ||||||
1 | 1867 | align=left | ||||||
1 | 1867 | align=left | ||||||
40 | Sharp, Stewart & Co. (30) Stratford Works (10) | 1867–72 | align=left | "Little Sharpies" | ||||
60 | Neilson & Co. (20) Worcester Engine Co. (40) | 1867–69 | align=left | |||||
5 | 1868 | align=left | Three converted to crane-tanks "B", "C" and "D"; LNER Class Z4, later class J92 | |||||
3 | 1868–69 | align=left | ||||||
2 | 1870 | align=left | ||||||
50 | Beyer, Peacock & Co. (20) R. Stephenson & Co. (5) Dübs & Co. (5) Nasmyth, Wilson & Co. (5) Yorkshire Engine Co. (15) | 1871–73 | align=left | |||||
15 | 1871–75 | align=left | ||||||
1 | 1872 | align=left | renumbered as "A" | |||||
30 | Neilson & Co. (15) Avonside Engine Co. (15) | 1872–73 | align=left |
Image | Class | Type | Quantity | Manufacturer | Date | Notes | ||
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2 | 1874 | align=left | ||||||
4 | 1874–76 | align=left | LNER Class Y5; two more built in 1897; another two in 1903 (see below) | |||||
50 | Neilson & Co. (25) R. Stephenson & Co (10) Kitson & Co. (10) | 1875–78 | align=left | |||||
20 | Dübs & Co. (10) R. & W. Hawthorn & Co. (10) | 1876–77 | align=left | "Ironclads" | ||||
10 | 1877–78 | align=left | ||||||
0-4-0Tram | 1 | 1878 | align=left | |||||
15 | 1878–79 | align=left |
Image | Class | Type | Quantity | Manufacturer | Date | Notes | ||
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60 | 1878–83 | align=left | ||||||
20 | Dübs & Co. (10) Kitson & Co. (10) | 1879–82 | align=left | |||||
10 | 1880 | align=left | Converted to 0-4-2T 1891–97 | |||||
10 | 1881 | align=left | ||||||
552 | 10 | 1882 | align=left | |||||
10 | 1882 | align=left | Rebuilds of Class Y (above) |
Image | Class | Type | Quantity | Manufacturer | Date | LNER Class | Notes | ||
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20 | 1882–83 | align=left | |||||||
69 | Stratford Works (50) Sharp, Stewart & Co. (19) | 1883–86 | J15 | align=left | Another 200 built 1886–1906; another 20 built 1912–13 | ||||
0-4-0Tram | 10 | 1883–97 | Y6 | align=left | |||||
30 | 1884–86 | F4 | align=left | Another 130 built 1886–1909 | |||||
11 | 1884–85 | align=left | Compound |
Image | Class | Type | Quantity | Manufacturer | Date | LNER Class | Notes | ||
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50 | 1886–88 | J66 | align=left | ||||||
110 | 1886–97 | D13 | align=left | 60 rebuilt as 4-4-0 in 1905–08 | |||||
200 | 1886–1906 | J15 | align=left | Continuation of T. W. Worsdell design; another 20 built 1912–13 | |||||
130 | 1886–1909 | F4 | align=left | Continuation of T. W. Worsdell design; 32 rebuilt as class M15R (LNER F5) | |||||
1 | 1887 | — | align=left | Compound, later rebuilt as N31 | |||||
20 | 1888–93 | J65 | align=left | ||||||
21 | 1888–93 | — | align=left | ||||||
140 | 1890–1901 | J67 | align=left | 89 Rebuilt as S56 | |||||
100 | 1891–1902 | E4 | "Intermediate" | ||||||
50 | 1893–1902 | F3 | align=left | ||||||
81 | 1893–97 | J14 | align=left | ||||||
4 | 1897,1903 | Y5 | align=left | ||||||
10 | 1898 | — | align=left | ||||||
40 | 1898–1901 | G4 | align=left | ||||||
41 | 1900–02 | D14 | align=left | "Claud Hamilton" (round-top firebox) | |||||
59 | 1900–03 | J16 | align=left | all eventually rebuilt as J17 | |||||
31 | 1900–11 | J17 | align=left | ||||||
1 | 1902 | — | align=left | "Decapod" - Rebuilt as 0-8-0 tender engine in 1906 | |||||
70 | 1903–11 | D15 | align=left | "Claud Hamilton" (Belpaire firebox) | |||||
0-6-0Tram | 12 | 1903–21 | J70 | align=left | |||||
20 | 1904 | J69 | align=left | Another 89 rebuilt from R24 | |||||
1 | 1906 | – | align=left | Rebuilt from the "Decapod" above |
Image | Class | Type | Quantity | Manufacturer | Date | LNER Class | Notes | |
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12 | 1909–10 | F7 | align=left | |||||
20 | 1911–12 | F6 | align=left | |||||
71 | Stratford Works (51) W. Beardmore & Co. (20) | 1911–20 | B12 | align=left | Another 10 built in 1928 | |||
10 | 1912 | J18 | align=left | Three rebuilt as T77 by GER, remainder rebuilt as J19 by LNER | ||||
20 | 1912–13 | J15 | align=left | Continuation of T. W. Worsdell design | ||||
Image | Class | Type | Quantity | Manufacturer | Date | LNER Class | Notes | ||
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20 | 1912–14 | J68 | align=left | Another 10 built by the LNER in 1923 | |||||
5 | 1913–20 | Y4 | align=left | ||||||
12 | 1915–21 | N7 | align=left | Another 122 built by the LNER, 1923–28 | |||||
25 | 1916–20 | J19 | align=left | ||||||
25 | 1920–22 | J20 | align=left |
Image | GER Class | LNER Class | Type | Quantity | Manufacturer | Date | Notes | ||
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D16 | 10 | 1923 | align=left | "Super Claud"; delivered after grouping | |||||
J68 | 10 | 1923 | align=left | Delivered after grouping | |||||
N7 | 122 | Stratford Works (10) Gorton Works (40) R. Stephenson & Co. (20) Wm. Beardmore & Co. (20) Doncaster Works (32) | 1923–28 | align=left | |||||
B12 | 10 | 1928 | align=left |
Image | GER No. | GER Class | Type | Manufacturer | Serial No. | Date | Notes | |
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229 | 2119 | April 1876 | align=left | Sold 1918; under restoration in Gloucestershire. Because it was withdrawn prior to grouping, it was never assigned an LNER number. | ||||
490 | 836 | January 1895 | align=left | BR 62785. Static exhibit, National Collection; on loan to Bressingham Steam and Gardens. | ||||
87 | 1249 | September 1904 | align=left | BR 68633. Static exhibit, National Collection; on loan to Bressingham Steam and Gardens. | ||||
1217 | 1270 | May 1905 | align=left | BR 65567. Static exhibit, National Collection; on loan to Barrow Hill Engine Shed | ||||
564 | 1506 | March 1912 | align=left | BR 65462. Owned by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Society on the North Norfolk Railway. | ||||
Locomotives built to GER designs after 1922 | ||||||||
LNER 7999 | N7 (GER L77) | 1702 | March 1924 | align=left | BR 69621. Owned by the East Anglian Railway Museum. Under overhaul to working order, as of March 2024. | |||
LNER 8572 | B12 (GER S69) | 6488 | August 1928 | align=left | BR 61572. Owned by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Society and in service on the North Norfolk Railway. | |||
In addition to these, there is another locomotive under construction as of 2024:
A replica of GER Class M15 2-4-2T No. 789 (LNER 7789, 7218/BR 67218). It is being built at Tyseley Locomotive Works in Birmingham. [1]