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GCR Class 1A
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Gorton Works· from 1913· class of 11 British 4-6-0 locomotives, later LNER class B8
what is it?
The Great Central Railway Class 1A, classified B8 by the LNER, was a class of 4-6-0 mixed-traffic locomotives designed by John G. Robinson for fast goods, relief passenger and excursion services. They were known as the ‘Glenalmond Class’ and were a smaller wheeled version of Robinson's earlier Sir Sam Fay express passenger class (LNER Class B2), which they closely resembled.
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.
- 19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 36 years (1913–1949).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913–1915
- in service from
- 1913
- retired
- 1949
- status
- retired
- number built
- 11
- 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
- 4-6-0
- length
- 19.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513019, Wikipedia: GCR Class 1A (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.