In today’s video, we take a look at the tram engines of the GER that may or may not have been the inspiration for a certain author’s own square engine
Also a MASSIVE thanks to the GER Society for providing many of the pictures and the information for this video, couldn’t have done it without them
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Picture & Information References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GER_Class_G15
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GER_Class_C53
https://www.gersociety.org.uk/index.php/locomotives/t-w-worsdell/g15
https://www.gersociety.org.uk/index.php/locomotives/j-holden/c53
https://www.lner.info/locos/Y/y6.php
https://www.lner.info/locos/J/j70.php
https://locomotive.fandom.com/wiki/GER_Class_C53
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisbech_and_Upwell_Tramway
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Do you like the Great Eastern Railway?
Their early locomotives were a little too basic for my tastes, but when the G15's came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercial and stylistically. The trams had a clean, simple design, and a flair of public safety that really gave the tramway a big boost. They've been compared to electric trams, but I think the 15's have a far much more old fashioned and rustic appeal.
In '03, Holden released these, the C53's, their most well known trams. I think most people know them as "Toby the tram engine", an engine so recognisable, most people probably don't think about the C53's. But they should, because they're not just reliable machines, and uniquely designed, they're also reflective of the state of rural tramways themself.
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There was another tram in Thomas and friends called Flora.
Toby: you forgot the agent of chaos on Sodor
Not sure if i am impressed or disappointed that you neglected to mention that the J70 inspired Toby.
Honestly it's a shame that non of these old trams were preserved, as i am a lover of trams, i would've loved to see them and ride them, but unfortunatly it Will never happen, thankfully we have modern Electric trams today, but it would have been very educational and fun to see Toby the tram engine in function
Toby is NOT a shed on wheels. He is great and old fashioned but careful and wise.
TOBY
Toby is a tram engine. He has cowcatchers and side plates and doesn't look like a steam engine at all.
This is a nice video on the J70s / G15s / C53s.
Someone should really make a rebuild of a G15 (Y6) or a C53 (J70). They are such nice engines.
I don’t know if you take suggestions from the comments, but could you look at the locomotives from the Sentinel Waggon Works? They’re a rather unique type.
*plays toby the tram engine s1 theme song*
My great grandfather worked as a shunter at Ipswich docks.
The C53, more known as the J70, was the inspiration for Toby the Tram Engine.
The Gerd is Weird …
Some one should billed one of those
Love my Toby Tram Engine.
Quite impressive machines I may say. Well designed for their scope. That is what matters.
"Is it electric?"
I hate hearing whenever a steam locomotive was scrapped. A steam locomotive getting scrapped, to me, tantamounts to murder
The story about Toby the Tram Engine was the first story I got that featured Thomas and all his friends.
I wonder if these inspired the tram engine in "Castle in the Sky"
TOBY!!!
Ive also have heard that a new J70 working replica is in the works
Train of Thought: uploads a video on the LNER Y6 and J70 trams.
Everybody: “OMG IT’S TOBY!!1!”
I wish some of them were preserved. But at least the legacy of these locos will live on in Toby the tram engine.
This is the precursor of the guards brake van which was used at the rear of trains in days gone by As the similarity in appearance is so obvious Were these sheds used to build the familiar Guards brake van when these trams were scrapped?
"When I was on my holiday, I met a nice little engine called Toby."
Toby. That is all.
The driving wheels look just a bit cramped as they are cheek by jowl.
They don’t look anything remotely like conventional trams, utterly different and quite quirky. Bet they were stuffy on a hot summer’s day!