NER G Class 0-6-0T

The North Etorean Railway G Class was a class of 0-6-0T tank engine designed for commuter work by George H. Frye. The class was built between 1893 and 1899 by Beyer, Peacock & Co of Manchester and arrived on the NER between 1893 and 1901.
  History:
The G Class was the third tank engine class designed by Frye, the others being Well Tank №114 and the F Class 2-4-0Ts. They were designed for high - intensity suburban passenger traffic on lines in both Redwick and Knightsbury. Because of this, all locomotives were fitted with condensing gear as line restrictions would have meant that they would not have been able to run in tunnels or would have had to be pulled through by an 1860s / 1870s built 4-4-0T. The first batch of locomotives were given the names of the gods worshipped widely by Etoreans, but the nameplates were later removed and sold at the time of their first rebuild. The class ran unmodified until 1917 when some were fitted with extended coal bunkers while in use on war time goods trains, by 1928 all locomotives had larger coal bunkers fitted. The only major rebuild was in 1926 when ENR Northern Region Locomotive Superintendant William Montague rebuilt all but thirteen of the class with extended smokeboxes to accomodate for superheaters and new boilers, two of which carried belpair fireboxes.
  The first members of the class were listed as surplus to requirement in 1920, ENR №s 127, 137, 138, 159 and 166 were put up for sale with three going to to Arthur Crawford being among some of the last rolling stock he purchased for his railways before he retired. Two went to the Dovahshill Mineral Railway and one went to the Averton, Dimsbury & Millfield Light Railway. Four more went to his former railways when they were purchased by his various successors. Upon introduction of the ENR Standard Class 3s and the prototype of what would eventually become the Standard Class 6 2-6-2Ts (rebuilt from ENR Woolwich Class № 50076), the class were displaced again now only being found on secondary routes and shunting with several migrating to other regions of the ENR.
  The class continued to serve the ENR until 1937 when the last mamber of the class in mainline service was withdrawn and scrapped, №40136 having previously been used as the station pilot at Burgess Hill. The last member of the class to be withdrawn from industrial service was formerly №144 which was scrapped at B. Frye Scrap Metals in 1985 after being used as their shunter for the previous five years. One class member has been preserved; NER №135 "Mara" was sold to the Dovahsill Mineral Railway along with sister engine №141, the pair were used for fifteen years until the line closed at which point they were abandoned. №135 (then №3) was marooned at the base of the rope worked incline after the area had become inacessable due to a flood in 1937 caused some trees in the surrounding area to fall. In 1979, the area was visited by some railway enthusiasts one of whome being her later owner John Cornell, №3 was deemed to be in the best condition of all 3 locomotives there; №1 having been converted to a stationary boiler and №2 having rusted away due to being left uncovered while disassembled. №3 was (with much effort) moved to the Liss Valley Railway where she is conserved awaiting possible overhaul or public display.  

Number:	Name:
127	"Ialos"
128	"Godric"
129	"Malaric"
130	"Celosia"
131	"Maerwyn"
132	"Elfith"
133	"Maethor"
134	"Éored"
135	"Mara"
136	"Caranán"
137	"Modhna"
138	"Monia"
139	"Béchdh"