The GCR Class 8F was a class of ten 4-6-0 locomotives built for the Great Central Railway in 1906 by Beyer, Peacock and Company to the design of John G...

4-6-0 steam locomotive GCR Class 8A GCR Class 8B GCR Classes 8D and 8E GCR Class 8F GCR Class 8H GCR Class 8K GCR Class 8N HAZMAT Class 8 Corrosive Substances...

Railway. The locomotive was designed in 1906 and drew heavily from the GCR Class 8F - the biggest difference being that the driving wheels were 1 ft 3 in...

familiar 8F. On the outbreak of the World War II, the design was chosen to become the country's standard freight design, reprising the role the GCR Class 8K...

The GCR Class 8C was a class of a pair of 4-6-0 locomotives built for the Great Central Railway in 1903–1904 by Beyer, Peacock and Company. They passed...

The GCR Class 1 was a class of steam locomotives designed by John G. Robinson for the Great Central Railway, and introduced to service between December...

fully reflected the LNER 1946 renumbering scheme, which had grouped most classes into single number blocks. BR allocated numbers in March 1948 (in the meantime...

others were 7812 Erlestoke Manor (SVR), LMS Stanier Class 8F No. 48624 (GCR), BR Standard Class 4 4-6-0 No. 75029 The Green Knight (Whitby - Grosmont...

"LNER Encyclopedia: The LNER Parker Class D7 (GCR Classes 2 & 2A) 4-4-0 Locomotives". www.lner.info. "News Output". GCR Rolling Stock Trust. 31 December...

standards as its current owner intends to run it for its first ticket on the GCR before considering future mainline certification. Two of the eight preserved...

under the LNER. LNER Class A2 – based on an NER design simply designated as 4.6.2 LNER Class A5 – Continuation of a GCR design LNER Class A8 – rebuilt from...

LMS class 8F 2-8-0 locomotives, later BR class 40, class 47 and class 20 diesels. Other locomotives to be seen included LMS class 4F, GCR class 8K (LNER...

by eleven "Improved Director" (GCR Class 11F, LNER Class D11) locomotives during 1920–1924. Robinson's famous GCR Class 8K 2-8-0 heavy freight locomotive...

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Central Railway (GCR) introduced his very successful GCR Class 8K for heavy freight. 129 of these were originally built by the GCR. During the First...

43650, LMS Fowler Class 4F 44138, 44402, 44564-6, LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 (Black 5) 44665, 44717, 44809, 45239, LMS Stanier Class 8F 48273, 48288, 48741...

corrugated iron sheeting. From March 1958 British Railways allocated the code 8F. In the winter of 1960/61 "No 2" shed was mostly demolished to make way for...

which the programme was halted. The main modification to the original GCR Robinson Class 8K 2-8-0 design was the incorporation of a standard LNER 100A boiler...

Operating Division. These were based on Robinson's GCR Class 8K. Another 84 locomotives of the same class were hired in 1919–20 but were returned in 1921–22...

particular GCR class 9B and GCR Class 9D (LNER Class J9) 0-6-0's. Passenger trains at this period were worked by older Parker GCR Class 3 (LNER Class F1) 2-4-2...

2023. "Tornado's Overhaul 2022". a1steam.com. Retrieved 26 October 2023. "GCR awarded custody of Oliver Cromwell by NRM". Heritage Railway. No. 257. August...

the Great Central Railway Society, 152, (June 2007), 38 The Kitson J60 (GCR Class B) 0-6-0T Locomotives, LNER Encyclopedia, accessed 27-05-10 Photographs...

publisher, Ian Allan purchased the line and, with the assistance of the GCR volunteers, moved it to its present site at Hardwick Lane, Chertsey. It reopened...

of the need to limit the strain on wagon couplings. Thus, in theory, a class 8F locomotive could haul 37 wagons, but a banker would still have to be provided...