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GNR Class J4
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Doncaster Works· from 1882· two related classes of British 0-6-0 locomotives, later LNER classes J3 and J4
what is it?
The Great Northern Railway J4 Class was a class of 322 0-6-0 steam locomotives, introduced in 1882 designed by Patrick Stirling for goods traffic. Just over half of these were rebuilt by Nigel Gresley to a design by Henry Ivatt between 1912 and 1929.
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 144 years ago, in 1882.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1882–1901
- retired
- 1954
- status
- retired
- number built
- 302
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Doncaster Works, Dübs and Company
- designer
- Patrick Stirling, rebuilt Henry Ivatt
- operators
- Great Northern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 41 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514002, Wikipedia: GNR Class J4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.