#0852
GNR Class J9
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Doncaster Works· from 1896· class of 10 British 0-6-0 locomotives, later LNER class J7
what is it?
The GNR Class J9 was a class of two-cylinder steam locomotives of the 0-6-0 wheel arrangement, built in 1896 for the Great Northern Railway.
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 130 years ago, in 1896.
- Served for 40 years (1896–1936).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1896
- in service from
- 1896
- retired
- 1936
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Doncaster Works
- designer
- Patrick Stirling
- operators
- Great Northern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16995266, Wikipedia: GNR Class J9 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.