#1349
GCR Class 8H
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1907· class of 6 British 0-8-4T locomotives, later LNER class S1
what is it?
The Great Central Railway Class 8H (LNER Class S1) was a class of 0-8-4T steam tank locomotives designed by John G. Robinson for hump shunting at Wath marshalling yard.
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 119 years ago, in 1907.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 50 years (1907–1957).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1907–1932
- in service from
- 1907
- retired
- 1957
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company, Gorton Works
- designer
- John G. Robinson
- operators
- Great Central Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-4T
- weight
- 101 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513028, Wikipedia: GCR Class 8H (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.