#1574
GCR Class 1
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Gorton Works· from 1912· class of 6 British 4-6-0 locomotives, later LNER class B2, then B19
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GCR Class 1 No. 423 Sir Sam Fay: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
what is it?
The GCR Class 1 was a class of steam locomotives designed by John G. Robinson for the Great Central Railway, and introduced to service between December 1912 and 1913. In the 1923 grouping, they all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway which placed them in class B2. Their classification was changed to B19 in 1945, and all had been retired by the end of 1947.
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 114 years ago, in 1912.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 35 years (1912–1947).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912–1913
- in service from
- 1912
- retired
- 1947
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Gorton Works
- designer
- John G. Robinson
- operators
- Great Central Railway, London and North Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 19.2 m
- weight
- 76.2 t
- nicknames
- Sir Sam Fay class
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513014, Wikipedia: GCR Class 1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.