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GNR Class C1 (small boiler)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Doncaster Works· from 1898· class of 22 small-boilered Atlantic locomotives, later LNER class C2
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GNR C2 990 'Henry Oakley' at Doncaster Works: Our Phellap· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Great Northern Railway (GNR) Small Boiler Class C1 is a class of steam locomotive, the first 4-4-2 or Atlantic type in Great Britain. They were designed by Henry Ivatt in 1897. In total 22 were built between 1898 and 1903 at Doncaster Works.
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 128 years ago, in 1898.
- Served for 48 years (1898–1946).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1898–1903
- in service from
- 1898
- retired
- 1946
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 22
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Doncaster Works
- designer
- Henry Ivatt
- operators
- Great Northern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2
- nicknames
- Klondyke
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513997, Wikipedia: GNR Class C1 (small boiler) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.