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GCR Class 11E
LNER Class D10
British Railways
Class
  • GCR: 11E
  • LNER: D10
Power classBR: 3P
Number in class10
Numbers
  • GCR: 429–438
  • LNER: 5429–38
  • then 2650–59
  • BR: 62650–59
NicknamesDirectors
Axle load classLNER/BR: RA 6
Withdrawn1953–55
DispositionAll scrapped

The GCR Class 11E was a type of

Gorton
, Manchester during 1913; they remained in service until the mid-1950s.

History

In the early part of the 20th century, the Great Central Railway (GCR) had favoured the 4-4-0 wheel arrangement for express passenger services. They had bought 40 such locomotives to the design of their Locomotive Engineer, John G. Robinson (Robinson became Chief Mechanical Engineer in 1902), between 1901 and 1904, and these formed Class 11B. These were found to be too small, and subsequently several classes of 4-4-2 and 4-6-0 locomotive were introduced for express passenger trains, with the 4-4-2 type predominating. After the Class 1 4-6-0, which were larger than any of the others, proved disappointing, Robinson decided to reduce the size of these and designed a 4-4-0 which became Class 11E. Ten were built in 1913,[1] and were immediately successful.

Compared to the Class 1 4-6-0, the omission of one coupled axle allowed a longer wheelbase between two adjacent axles of a 4-4-0 than with the 4-6-0, so the firebox could be positioned between the axles instead of on top of one of them; thus it could be deeper, giving better draughting which aided steaming. The shorter overall length meant that the boiler tubes were shorter, which also improved draughting.[2]

Unusually, outside admission was used for the piston valves of the cylinders.

Class 11D rebuilds from Class 11B, and the new class 11E used the same cylinder casting as those rebuilds.[4] When further 4-4-0s of similar capability to class 11E were required after World War I, these were given normal cylinders with inside admission for the piston valves, and so were placed in Class 11F.[5]

Withdrawal occurred between March 1953 and November 1955.[5]

Accidents and incidents

On 27 February 1927, locomotive No. 5437 Prince George was hauling an express passenger train that was involved in a collision with a light engine at Penistone, Yorkshire.[6]

Numbers and names

Number Built Name Withdrawn
429 August 1913 Sir Alexander Henderson February 1954
430 September 1913 Purdon Viccars March 1953
431 October 1913 Edwin A. Beazley May 1954
432 October 1913 Sir Edward Fraser October 1955
433 October 1913 Walter Burgh Gair August 1953
434 November 1913 The Earl of Kerry August 1953
435 November 1913 Sir Clement Royds January 1955
436 November 1913 Sir Berkeley Sheffield March 1953
437 November 1913
Charles Stuart Wortley
 August 1955
438 December 1913 Worsley Taylor November 1954

The original names were those of

Viscount Cross and Sir Alexander Henderson) already had locomotives named after them. However, the latter's name was removed from Class 11B No. 1014 and used on Class 11E No. 429, so one director was not honoured at this stage;[7] this was rectified the following year when Class 1A 4-6-0 No. 439 was named Sutton Nelthorpe.[8]

No 430 Purdon Viccars in 1918.

Two locomotives had their names altered subsequently, one of them twice. Sir Alexander Henderson was created Baron Faringdon in 1916, but his new name was used on a

King George V. When Charles Stuart-Wortley was raised to the peerage as Baron Stuart of Wortley in 1917, his name was used on a further class 9P, so no. 437 was renamed Prince George c. 1920 after the fifth child of King George V.[9]

After the

British Railways increased these numbers by 60000.[10]

Notes

  1. ISBN 978-1-4728-2049-5
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  2. ^ Boddy et al. 1981, p. 76.
  3. ^ Marsden, Richard. "The Robinson Class D10 (GCR Class 11E) 'Directors' 4-4-0 Locomotives". www.lner.info. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  4. ^ Boddy et al. 1981, pp. 65, 76–77.
  5. ^ a b Boddy et al. 1981, p. 84.
  6. ^ Hoole 1982, p. 26.
  7. ^ Boddy et al. 1981, p. 80.
  8. ^ Boddy et al. 1975, pp. 44, 46.
  9. ^ Boddy et al. 1981, pp. 80, 84.
  10. ^ Boddy et al. 1981, pp. 77, 81, 84.

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