The GER Class T77 was a class of twenty-five 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed by A. J. Hill for the Great Eastern Railway. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the

1923 grouping The Railways Act 1921 (c. 55), also known as the Grouping Act, was an Act of Parliament enacted by the British government and intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, by "grouping" them into four la ...

and received the classification J19.

History

These locomotives were a development of the GER Class E72, and shared the same cylinders, wheels, and

Belpaire firebox The Belpaire firebox is a type of firebox used on steam locomotives. It was invented by Alfred Belpaire of Belgium in 1864. Today it generally refers to the shape of the outer shell of the firebox which is approximately flat at the top and sq ...

-fitted boiler. Changes included vacuum brakes from new, and the abandonment of cylinder tail rods. 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 T77 locomotives. Between 1934 and 1939 all were rebuilt with round-top fireboxes, and the cylinder bore was reduced to . The rebuilt locomotives were reclassified J19/2, while the yet-to-be rebuilt locomotives reclassified J19/1. The J19/2 classification also included the rebuilt former Class E72 locomotives. At nationalisation in 1948, British Railways added 60000 to their LNER numbers. They all continued in service until 1959, when the first was withdrawn; all were gone by the end of 1962.

References

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External links

– Great Eastern Railway Society
The Hill J18 & J19 (GER Classes E72 & T77) 0-6-0 Locomotives
– LNER Encyclopedia {{LNER Locomotives Great Eastern Railway locomotives, T77 0-6-0 locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1916 Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain Scrapped locomotives Freight locomotives