1900 Claud Hamilton, took the rails in 1900. Of all the locomotive designs that emerged from Stratford Works during the reign of James Holden, the one destined to achieve the greatest fame, beyond question, was his Claud Hamilton type 4-4-0, of which the pioneer example, No. Allen devotes a whole chapter to the class and noted that In his 1955 history of the Great Eastern Railway, Cecil J. The Claud Hamilton, particularly in its original GER blue livery, is widely considered one of the most elegant locomotive designs of the pre-grouping era. Stokoe (note the square Belpaire firebox). GER Class D56 in original Great Eastern blue livery with decorative features as depicted in a 1910 colour plate by W.J. No locomotives of the three classes survived to preservation. Many earlier members of the class were rebuilt during their working life.ĭuring the Edwardian era, they were the flagship express locomotive on the Great Eastern Main Line, and although displaced on the heaviest express trains by the larger S69 class from 1911 (itself a 4-6-0 development of the Claud design), members of the class were used on passenger and goods services throughout the Eastern Region until 1960. The H88 class of 1923 featured a larger superheated boiler, leading them to be known as Super Clauds. The D56 class of 1903-4 evolved the design to include a square-topped Belpaire firebox. They were given the nickname Claud Hamilton after the pioneer engine of the class, named after Lord Claud Hamilton (1843–1925) the chairman of the Great Eastern Railway. Hill (H88) for the Great Eastern Railway. The GER Classes S46, D56 and H88 (classified Classes D14, D15, and D16 by the London and North Eastern Railway) were three classes of similar 4-4-0 steam locomotive designed by James Holden (S46 and D56) and A.
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