#1521
GCR Class 9N
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company· from 1911· class of 44 British 4-6-2T locomotives, later LNER class A5
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GCR Class 9N No. 373: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
what is it?
The Great Central Railway Class 9N, classified A5 by the LNER, was a class of 4-6-2 tank locomotives designed by John G. Robinson for suburban passenger services. They were fitted with superheaters, piston valves and Stephenson valve gear.
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.
- 12.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 50 years (1911–1961).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1911–1926
- in service from
- 1911
- retired
- 1961
- status
- retired
- number built
- 44
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, 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
- 4-6-2T
- length
- 12.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513035, Wikipedia: GCR Class 9N (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.