#1136
GCR Class 8C
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1903· class of 2 British 4-6-0 locomotives, later LNER class B1, then B18
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GCR Class 8C No. 195: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
what is it?
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.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 123 years ago, in 1903.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 44 years (1903–1947).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1903–1904
- in service from
- 1903
- retired
- 1947
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- designer
- John G. Robinson
- operators
- Great Central Railway, London and North Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- weight
- 72.1 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513026, Wikipedia: GCR Class 8C (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.