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 1912 and 1913. In the 1923 …

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 to the London and North …

The Robinson Class B1 / B18 (GCR Class 8C) 4-6-0s At the turn of the century, the Great Central Railway (GCR) used 4-4-0s for its main express services. Although these could handle the …

2011年8月30日 · B1 Class 4-6-0 No 1264 and B12 Blass 4-6-0 No 8572 speed through Quorn Station on the GCR after the lunch break during a photo charter 9 January 1998. The train was …

Although different from the later GCR 4-6-0s, the pair of 8Cs (B1 in LNER parlance) remained in steady, if varied, service right through World War II. Reclassified B18 to clear the way for …

Past and Present - LNER 4-6-0 "B1" 5MT. The LNER answer to the LMS Black 5 was the Thompson B1 mixed traffic engine. These locos were the standard motive power on local, …

The Robinson Class B8 (GCR Class 1A) 4-6-0s. The B8 was a smaller-wheeled version of Robinson's B2 Sir Sam Fay class, and were known as the "Glen Almonds" after the prototype …

Join us for this spectacular weekend which will ‘reunify’ the Great Central Railway (Loughborough) and the Great Central Railway Nottingham for a celebration of the 125th …

2019年4月7日 · Built for mixed traffic duties during the strict conditions of World War 2, the B1s were Thompson’s take on a 4-6-0 2-cylinder general purpose engine. Once exploring the …

Originally introduced to Britain in 1894 for freight haulage, 4-6-0 locomotives ("Ten-Wheelers" in American railroad jargon) became the predominant type for express and mixed traffic duties. …