GER Class 527
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| Power type | Steam |
|---|---|
| Designer | William Adams |
| Builder | GER |
| Build date | 1878-1879 |
| Total production | 15 |
| Configuration | 2-6-0 |
| Gauge | standard gauge |
| Driver size | 4ft 10ins |
| Fuel type | coal |
| Cylinders | 2 |
| Cylinder size | 19" x 26" |
The GER Class 527 was a class of 14 2-6-0 steam tender locomotives designed by William Adams for the Great Eastern Railway.
[edit] Overview
In order to haul heaver trains and compete for the coal traiffic into London, the GER asked William Adams to design a locomotove capable of hauling a train of 400 tons net (700 tons gross). Tests were carried out with 265 class 4-4-0s to ensure that such trailing loads were feasible, followed by a prototype 2-6-0 number 527. Number 527 was the first locomotive in Britain to use the 2-6-0 wheel arrangement, and was named Mogul, the epithet becoming the generic name for locomotives with that wheel arrangement[1]. As was the GER's practice for locomotives built by outside contractors, the class was referred to by the number of the first locomotive, subsequent locos being numbered sequentially up to 541.
[edit] References
- ^ ‘No. 527 Class’ 2-6-0 1878-1879. Great Eastern Raiway Society. Retrieved on 29/04/2008.
