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GCR Class 9P

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Gorton Works· from 1917· class of 6 British 4-6-0 locomotives, later LNER class B3

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1. GCR Class 9P No. 1165 Valour: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain

what is it?

GCR Class 9P was a design of four-cylinder steam locomotive of the 4-6-0 wheel arrangement built for hauling express passenger trains on the Great Central Railway in England. A total of six were built: one in 1917, and five in 1920. They were sometimes known as the Lord Faringdon class, from the name of the first one built.

who runs it

Great Central Railway London and North Eastern Railway British Rail Eastern Region of British Railways

base stats

built 6made in total

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 109 years ago, in 1917.
19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
Served for 32 years (1917–1949).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built: 1917–1920
in service from: 1917
retired: 1949
status: retired
number built: 6
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
nicknames: Lord Faringdon

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q20870279, Wikipedia: GCR Class 9P (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.