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GCR Class 8C information


GCR Class 8C
LNER B1 (later B18)
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerJohn G. Robinson
BuilderBeyer, Peacock and Company
Order numberBP: 9035
Serial number4521–4522
Build dateDecember 1903 – January 1904
Total produced2
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte4-6-0
 • UIC2′C n2
Gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.3 ft 6 in (1.067 m)
Driver dia.6 ft 9 in (2.057 m)
Axle load18 long tons 10 cwt (41,400 lb or 18.8 t)
Adhesive weight55 long tons 4 cwt (123,600 lb or 56.1 t)
Loco weight71 long tons 0 cwt (159,000 lb or 72.1 t)
Tender weight48 long tons 6 cwt (108,200 lb or 49.1 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity6 long tons 0 cwt (13,400 lb or 6.1 t)
Water cap.4,000 imp gal (18,000 L; 4,800 US gal)
Boiler pressure180 lbf/in2 (1.24 MPa)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder sizesee text
Valve gearStephenson
Valve typeSlide, later 10-inch (254 mm) piston valves
Career
Operators
  • GCR
  • →LNER
ClassGCR: 8C
LNER: B1 (B18 from April 1943)
NumbersGCR: 195–196
LNER: 5195–5196, later 1479–1480
Axle load classLNER: Route Availability: 5
WithdrawnDecember 1947
DispositionBoth scrapped

The GCR Class 8C was a class of a pair of 4-6-0 locomotives built for the Great Central Railway in 1903–1904 by Beyer, Peacock and Company. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification B1. Following the introduction of Thompson's B1s, they were reclassified B18 in 1943 and both were retired in 1947.

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