#1038
GCR Class 9J
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Neilson and Company· from 1901· class of 174 British 0-6-0 locomotives, later LNER class J11
what is it?
The GCR Class 9J (LNER Class J11) was a class of 174 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed by John G. Robinson for freight work on the Great Central Railway (GCR) in 1901. They were a part of the Railway Operating Division during World War 1. The class acquired the nickname "Pom-Poms" due to the similarity of their exhaust noise to that of the "Pom-Pom" quick-firing gun used in the South African War.
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 125 years ago, in 1901.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 61 years (1901–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1901–1910
- in service from
- 1901
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 174
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Neilson and Company, Beyer, Peacock and Company, Vulcan Foundry, Yorkshire Engine Company, Gorton Works
- designer
- John G. Robinson
- operators
- Great Central Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 16.2 m
- weight
- 52.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513033, Wikipedia: GCR Class 9J (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.