GER Class P43

The GER Class P43 was a class of ten 4-2-2 steam tender locomotives designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway.

They were the last 'singles' built for the Great Eastern, and the last in service.

Constructed with oil-burning apparatus to speed the elite from the City of London to Cromer, West Runton & Sheringham[1] and capable of reaching North Walsham non-stop in just over two and a half hours.

[3] Only a single batch of ten was built, all on order P43 in 1898, numbered 10 to 19.

They had a short working life, as they were incapable of handling increasing heavy trains.