0-6-0T Class J70 Steam Tram Loco GER/LNER Profile and Models

The GER Class C53 was a class of twelve 0-6-0T steam tram locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping, and received the LNER classification J70.They were the first locomotives on the Great Eastern to use Walschaerts valve gear. They were used on the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway and the ports of Great Yarmouth and Ipswich from the 1930s to the 1950s. They replaced earlier GER Class G15 0-4-0T of similar appearance. J70 68221 was the inspiration for the character Toby the Tram Engine in The Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry. 

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