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GCR Class 8N
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Gorton Works· from 1918· class of 3 British 4-6-0 locomotives, later LNER Class B6
what is it?
The Great Central Railway Class 8N - London North Eastern Railway Class B6 - was a class of three 4-6-0 steam locomotives, designed by John G. Robinson in 1918. They were a mixed traffic class. All three examples were withdrawn in November and December 1947.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 108 years ago, in 1918.
- 18.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 29 years (1918–1947).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1918–1921
- in service from
- 1918
- retired
- 1947
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- 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
- 18.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q23035486, Wikipedia: GCR Class 8N (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.