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GCR Class 9D
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1892· 3 related classes of 124 British 0-6-0 locomotives, later all LNER class J10
what is it?
The GCR Classes 9D, 9H and 9M (LNER Class J10) were a class of 124 0-6-0 Steam locomotives designed by Harry Pollitt for freight work on 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 134 years ago, in 1892.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 69 years (1892–1961).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1892–1902
- in service from
- 1892
- retired
- 1961
- status
- retired
- number built
- 124
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Kitson and Company, Beyer, Peacock and Company, 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
- 15.5 m
- weight
- 41.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513031, Wikipedia: GCR Class 9D (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.