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GCR Class 5A
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Gorton Works· from 1906· class of 7 British 0-6-0T dock shunting locomotives, later LNER class J63
what is it?
The GCR Class 5A was a class of seven 0-6-0T steams designed by John G. Robinson for work in docks operated by the Great Central Railway. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping in 1923 and received the LNER classification J63.
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 120 years ago, in 1906.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 51 years (1906–1957).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906–1914
- in service from
- 1906
- retired
- 1957
- status
- retired
- number built
- 7
- 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
- 0-6-0
- length
- 7.9 m
- weight
- 37.6 t
- nicknames
- Dock Tanks
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513023, Wikipedia: GCR Class 5A (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.