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 grouping , they all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway which …

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 Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification B1 .

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 relatively light traffic, management was attempting to attract traffic with fast schedules.

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 returning to Swithland for the...

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 Thompson's B1 class, the pair were retired and scrapped in 1947.

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, freight, mail and main line duties on the GCR for many years. I was fortunate enough to have many fine rides on the full length of the GCR behind these locos.

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 locomotive Glenalmond. This first locomotive was built in 1913, one year after the B2 was introduced. A year later, construction of ten further B8s commenced.

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 opening of the GCR London Extension.

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 working lives of these practical locomotives, we will see how the preserved examples have been kept.

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. By 1948 4-6-0s in Britain were outnumbered only by 0-6-0s and 0-6-0Ts, and British Railways built more 4-6-0s than any other type.