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GCR Class 8K
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1911· class of 126+19 British 2-8-0 locomotive, later LNER class O4
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GCR O4 63601 at Doncaster Works: Our Phellap· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 48305 and 63601Loughborough Central: Duncan Harris· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. 63601 and 90733 Great Central Railway: Duncan Harris· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. 63601 approaching Quorn station: Phil Sangwell· CC BY 2.0
- 5. 63601 at Leicester North (1) (cropped): Duncan Harris· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. 63601 at Leicester North (1): Duncan Harris· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. 63601 at Leicester North (2): Duncan Harris· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Great Central Railway (GCR) Class 8K 2-8-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed for heavy freight. Introduced in 1911, and designed by John G. Robinson, 126 were built for the GCR prior to the First World War. Including wartime construction for the British Army ROD and the post-war GCR Class 8M, the class and its derivatives totalled 666 locomotives.
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 115 years ago, in 1911.
- 18.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1911–1914
- retired
- 1966
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 666
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Kitson and Company, North British Locomotive Company, Gorton Works
- designer
- John G. Robinson
- operators
- Great Central Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- length
- 18.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513029, Wikipedia: GCR Class 8K (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.