GCR Class 9J

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GCR Class 9J
LNER Class J11
Route Availability
: 5
Withdrawn1954–1962
DispositionAll scrapped

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.[2]

Career

London and North Eastern Railway

They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923. The LNER classified them as J11 with sub-classes J11/1 to J11/5 because of detail differences.[3]

British Railways

The whole class survived into

British Railways (BR) ownership in 1948 and their BR numbers were 64280–64453.[4][5]
All had been withdrawn and scrapped by 1962 and none have been preserved.

References

  1. ^ a b c Fry 1966, p. 65.
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  3. ^ "The Robinson J11 (GCR Class 9J) 0-6-0 Locomotives". Lner.info. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Rail UK Steam Loco Class Information". Railuk.info. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Rail UK Steam Loco Class Information". Railuk.info. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  • Fry, E. V., ed. (September 1966). Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., Part 5: Tender Engines—Classes J1 to J37. Kenilworth: .