The GER Class S44 was a class of forty 0-4-4T steam locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. They all passed to the

London and North Eastern Railway The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after London, Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS) of the "Big Four (British railway companies), Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It ope ...

at the 1923 grouping and received the classification G4.

History

These were the last 0-4-4T locomotives built for the Great Eastern Railway, a type which, as

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s, the GER had pioneered in Britain. The locomotives were all built at

Stratford Works Stratford Works was the locomotive-building works of the Great Eastern Railway situated at Stratford, London, England. The original site of the works was located in the 'V' between the Great Eastern Main Line and the Stratford to Lea Bridge r ...

and had inside cylinders driving wheels. 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 S44 locomotives. Withdrawals started in 1929 with No. 8133 and finished in 1939 with 8139.

References

External links

– Great Eastern Railway Society
The Holden G4 (GER Class S44) 0-4-4T Locomotives
– LNER Encyclopedia {{LNER Locomotives Great Eastern Railway locomotives, S44 0-4-4T locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1898 Scrapped locomotives Standard-gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain Passenger locomotives