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GCR Class 11E
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Gorton Works· from 1913· class of 10 British 4-4-0 locomotives, later LNER class D10
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GCR 11E Sir Alexander Henderson: Unknown photographer· Public domain
what is it?
The GCR Class 11E was a type of 4-4-0 steam locomotive used by the Great Central Railway for express passenger services. Ten were built in the railway's own workshops at Gorton, Manchester during 1913; they remained in service until the mid-1950s.
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 113 years ago, in 1913.
- 17.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 42 years (1913–1955).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913
- in service from
- 1913
- retired
- 1955
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Gorton Works
- designer
- John G. Robinson
- operators
- Great Central Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 17.7 m
- nicknames
- Directors
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513016, Wikipedia: GCR Class 11E (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.