The GER Class B74 was a class of five 0-4-0T steam locomotives designed by Alfred John Hill for the Great Eastern Railway. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the LNER classification Y4.

The Hill Y4 (GER B74) 0-4-0 Shunters. A.J.Hill built the first example of this class for the GER in 1913 for use at Canning Town to replace the smaller "209" saddle-tanks. This engine was particularly powerful for its size at the time. Four further …

LNER 0-4-0 'Y' Locomotives 0-4-0 Tender Locomotives The 0-4-0 is associated with the earliest steam locomotives, but one of a pair built as late as 1868 on the North British Railway (NBR) survived to Grouping (1923).

Another Neilson and Company locomotive built 1876 becoming a member of GER Class 209 (later LNER Y5). It became the brake testing loco for the Carriage Works at Stratford between 1911 and 1916 and was then sold into industrial use c1917.

The North Eastern Railway (NER) Class Y (LNER Class A7) 4-6-2T tank locomotives were designed whilst Wilson Worsdell was Chief Mechanical Engineer, but none were built until 1910 by which time Vincent Raven had taken over.

The GER Class B74 was a class of five 0-4-0T steam locomotives designed by Alfred John Hill for the Great Eastern Railway. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the LNER classification Y4.

The GER Class B74 was a class of five 0-4-0T steam locomotives designed by Alfred John Hill for the Great Eastern Railway. They all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the LNER classification Y4.

GER/LNER Y4, 0-4-0 Tank Loco: Image shows LNER Y4 to Doug's Design. The prototype is an outside cylinder 0-4-0 side tank with outside Walschaerts valve gear. It was designed by A.J. Hill and the first one was built in 1913 at Stratford numbered 227; it was classed B74 by the Great Eastern Railway.

Here we have a rather nicely presented Great Eastern Railway Class B74, or as they were latterly and better known, LNER Y4. The GER B74’s were a class of five engines designed by Alfred Hill to replace the smaller and less powerful Y5 coffee pots.

Aug 6, 2015 · Hi, just a couple of hopefully easily answered questions regarding the LNER Y4 locos. which became Service locos at Stratford. Has anyone ever manufactured a kit in 4mm for these locos ? Has any member ever scratch-built on of these interesting tank loco's ? All information greatly received.