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GCR Class 9A
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Neilson and Company· from 1889· class of 55 British 0-6-2T locomotives, later LNER class N4
what is it?
The Great Central Railway (GCR) Class 9A was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive built between 1889 and 1892. From 1923 the locomotives were redesignated Class N4.
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 137 years ago, in 1889.
- 11 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 65 years (1889–1954).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1889–1892
- in service from
- 1889
- retired
- 1954
- status
- retired
- number built
- 55
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Neilson and Company, Gorton Works
- designer
- Thomas Parker
- operators
- Great Central Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, Eastern Region of British Railways, Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2T
- length
- 11 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513030, Wikipedia: GCR Class 9A (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.