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GNR Class C1 (large boiler)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Doncaster Works· from 1902· class of 94 large-boiler Atlantic locomotives, later LNER class C1
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GNR Atlantic locomotive 251 (Howden, Boys' Book of Locomotives, 1907): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
- 2. GNR Class C1 No. 273: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. Great Northern Railway (GNR), class C1, no. 288: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 4. The railways of the world GNR C1 No. 1449: Ernest Protheroe· Public domain
- 5. The railways of the world GNR C1 No. 282 on the Leeds Luncheon-car express: Ernest Protheroe· Public domain
what is it?
The Great Northern Railway (GNR) Class C1 is a type of 4-4-2 steam locomotive. One, ex GNR 251 (later LNER 3251 in 1924, and LNER 2800 in 1946), survives in preservation. Much like their small boiler cousins, they were capable of reaching speeds of up to 90 mph (145 km/h).
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 124 years ago, in 1902.
- Served for 48 years (1902–1950).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1902–1910
- in service from
- 1902
- retired
- 1950
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 93
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Doncaster Works
- designer
- Henry Ivatt
- operators
- Great Northern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513996, Wikipedia: GNR Class C1 (large boiler) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.