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GCR Class 9F
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1891· 3 classes of 131 British 0-6-2T locomotives, later LNER class N5
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what is it?
The Great Central Railway (GCR) Class 9F was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive built between 1891 and 1901. From 1923 the locomotives were redesignated Class N5.
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 135 years ago, in 1891.
- 11.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 70 years (1891–1961).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1891–1901
- in service from
- 1891
- retired
- 1961
- status
- retired
- number built
- 131
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company, Gorton Works
- designer
- Thomas Parker
- operators
- Great Central Railway, Eastern Region of British Railways, London and North Eastern Railway, Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2T
- length
- 11.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513032, Wikipedia: GCR Class 9F (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.