Ger Class T18

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The GER Class T18 was a class of fifty 0-6-0 tank steam locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping in 1923 and received the LNER classification J66. When James Holden took office on the Great Eastern, there were few 0-6-0T locomotives, most shunting being done by 0-4-4T and obsolete tender locomotives. These small locomotives had 161⁄2-by-22-inch cylinders, 4-foot-0-inch. coupled wheels and a grate area of 12.4sqft. They were rebuilt between 1898 and 1908.