0-4-0T Class Y6 steam tram GER/LNER Profile and Models

0-4-0T Class Y6 steam tram GER/LNER

GER G15 class at Upwell, Cambridgeshire on the Wisbech & Upwell Tramway in 1913. ©Public Domain

T.W. Worsdell designed these distinctive 0-4-0 steam tram locomotives for the Wisbech & Upwell Tramway, which opened in July 1883. Due to much of this line running on public highways, the Board of Trade required all locomotives to be fitted with cowcatchers, steel side aprons, a governor, and warning bell. Unusual for a British steam locomotive. None of the Y6s survive. However, the distinctive engines of the Wisbech & Upwell Tramway are kept alive in the Rev. W. Awdry's Railway Stories (aka "Thomas the Tank Engine").

(Information provided via LNER.info)

Type of Locomotive

Steam Tram

Builder

GER Stafford Works

Build Date

1883 to 1897

Total Built

10

Tractive Effort

5,837 lbf

Wheel Configuration

0-4-0T

Operated By

Great Eastern Railway
London & North Eastern Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Passenger services

In Service Until

1952

Surviving Examples

0

 

Products awaiting categorisation

Scale Brand Image Construction Type DCC Capability Product Code Product Title Livery
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Silver Fox No image available Requires assembly Not set Y6SF
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BR Class Y6 Steam Tram Kit Awaiting Categorisation
N Gauge N-Drive Productions No image available Requires assembly Not set G15-NDP
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Wisbech and Upwell Tramway 0-4-0T Tram Engine Kit Awaiting Categorisation
O Gauge (1:43 Scale) Connoisseur Models No image available Requires assembly Not set CL-TRAM
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LNER Class Y6 Tram Loco Kit (Requires Motor, Gears and Wheels) Awaiting Categorisation