Rebuilt (M15R) locomotives: F5. Numbers 7789 and 7790 were incorrectly classified F6. British Railways reclassified both of them F5 on 22 December 1948. On 1 January 1923 the majority of the class were allocated to Stratford Engine Shed and were employed on suburban traffic in East London on the lines out of Fenchurch Street and Liverpool Street.

Thirty of the M15 locomotives were rebuilt between 1911 and 1920 with higher pressure boilers to become LNER Class F5. Most of the F4s and F5s spent their lives working the London suburban services, until being replaced by N7 s.

The Holden F5 Steam Locomotive Trust, formed in 2003, is constructing a replica of the Great Eastern Railway’s M15r (latterly LNER F5) Class of locomotives, designed by James Holden and an improvement upon members of the earlier M15 (LNER F4) Class introduced by Thomas William Worsdell.

After the grouping of 1923 the M15/M15R became LNER class F4 and F5 respectively, although two of the M15R locomotives had cabs with side windows like the larger G69 class and were designated F6 7789 & 7790 (renumbered 7218 & 7219 in 1946).

The LNER class F5 engines were rebuilt from 1911 onwards from F4 class locomotives built at Stratford between 1903 and 1909. These engines had higher pressure boilers and as with the class F3 tanks there was a lot of variation in the boiler mountings (chimneys, domes and …

British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 6: Great Eastern Railway, North British Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway, Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway, remaining companies in the LNER group. Southampton: Kestrel Railway Books. ISBN 978-1-905505-26-5.

The Great Eastern Railway M15r Class (latterly LNER Class F5) 2-4-2T was designed by James Holden and was a improvement upon members of the earlier M15 (LNER F4) Class 2-4-2T introduced by Thomas William Worsdell.

The Holden F5 Steam Locomotive Trust. 2,549 likes. Recreating James Holden's locomotive class GER M15r (LNER F5), No.789, for use on heritage railways.

Apr 22, 2018 · T.W.Worsdell G.E.R. M15 LNER F4+F5 Post by neildimmer » Wed Oct 25, 2017 10:33 pm The GER Class M15 was a class of 160 2-4-2T steam locomotives designed by Thomas William Worsdell and built for the Great Eastern Railway between 1884 and 1909.

Aug 28, 2012 · Has anyone made an F5 for Trainz. I'd make one myself, but I was never good at making my own models, only reskinning others. Also, Paulz Trainz only has the F7.