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GCR Class 5
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Gorton Works· from 1897· class of 12 British 0-6-0ST dock shunting locomotives, later LNER class J62
what is it?
The GCR Class 5 (LNER Class J62) was a class of twelve 0-6-0ST steam tank locomotives designed by Harry Pollitt (engineer) for work in docks operated by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) later renamed Great Central Railway (GCR).
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 129 years ago, in 1897.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 54 years (1897–1951).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1897
- in service from
- 1897
- retired
- 1951
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Gorton Works
- designer
- Harry Pollitt (engineer)
- operators
- Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, 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
- 0-6-0
- length
- 7.9 m
- weight
- 30.5 t
- nicknames
- Dock Tanks
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513022, Wikipedia: GCR Class 5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.