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Great Eastern class Y14

London & North Eastern class J15

Great Britain 1883 289 produced
No. 65465 at Stratford flickr/stratfordman72

Due to an urgent need for freight locomotives, Worsdell developed the Y14, which, with its very low axle load and simple design, could be used almost anywhere and was inexpensive to maintain. Because the design was so successful, Worsdell's successors carried on with the production and brought the total to 289 by 1913.

Changes during production included a sloped instead of a straight grate or a different chimney. Number 127 was the only one built as a compound, while another locomotive was built and under fire in just nine hours and 47 minutes, which was a record. On the LNER the Y14 class became the J15 and 127 were still in use until the formation of British Railways in 1948. Although these locomotives never received a superheater, the last ones lasted until 1962 and one was preserved.

Locomotive Magazine, October 1912

Technical data

General

Property as built compound No. 127
Built 1883-1913 1887
Manufacturers Stratford, Sharp, Stewart & Co.
Wheel arrangement 0-6-0 (Six-coupled)
Gauge 1,435 mm (Standard gauge)

Dimensions and weights

Property as built compound No. 127
Wheelbase 4.90 m
Service mass 37.7 t 40.1 t
Adhesion mass 37.7 t 40.1 t
Rigid wheelbase 4.90 m
Axle load 13.7 t 15.1 t
Water capacity 12,004 l
Fuel capacity 5.1 t (coal)

Boiler

Property as built compound No. 127
Grate area 1.672 m² 1.663 m²
Firebox surface 9.374 m² 9.755 m²
Tube heating surface 89.475 m² 103.03 m²
Evaporative heating surface 98.849 m² 112.784 m²
Total heating surface 98.8 m² 112.8 m²

Power plant

Property as built compound No. 127
Driver diameter 1,499 mm 1,473 mm
Boiler pressure 11 bar 12.1 bar
Expansion type simple expansion compound
Cylinders two, 444 x 610 mm two, HP: 457 x 610 mm and LP: 660 x 610 mm

Power

Property as built compound No. 127
Power source steam
Estimated power 317 kW (431 PS) 373 kW (507 PS)
Starting effort 75.4 kN 60.0 kN
Starting effort simple 72.0 kN

Calculated values

Property as built compound No. 127
Factor of adhesion 1 : 4.91 1 : 6.55
Optimal speed 26 km/h 39 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 8.4 kW/t 9.3 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 145.7 m² 161.6 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 1,298.35 1 : 1,265.69
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.00
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 15.92 1 : 11.10
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 59.12 1 : 67.82
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 9.55 1 : 10.56
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