GER Class 527

GER Class 527

Infobox Locomotive
powertype=Steam
name = GER Class 527


caption =
designer = William Adams
builder = GER
builddate = 1878-1879
totalproduction = 15
whytetype = 2-6-0
gauge = standard gauge
leadingsize =
driversize = 4ft 10ins
length =
weight =
fueltype = coal
fuelc

waterc

cylindercount = 2
cylindersize = 19" x 26"
firearea =
boilerpressure =
tractiveeffort =
railroadclass=|

The GER Class 527 was a class of 14 2-6-0 steam tender locomotives designed by William Adams for the Great Eastern Railway.

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 arrangementcite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = ‘No. 527 Class’ 2-6-0 1878-1879 | work = | publisher = Great Eastern Raiway Society | date = | url = http://www.gersociety.org.uk/loco/adams.htm#527c | format = | doi = | accessdate = 29/04/2008. 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.

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