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. Robinson for working fast goods and fish trains. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification 'B4'.

Robinson developed the Great Central Railway (GCR)'s Class 8F (LNER B4) from his two experimental B1 4-6-0 s. At construction, the only difference was that the B4s had driving wheels that were three inches smaller at 6ft 6in diameter. Before Grouping (1923), thicker tyres had been fitted and the difference was reduced to two inches.

2024年8月3日 · LNER B4型蒸汽机车是由大中央铁路（Great Central Railway, GCR）的约翰·G. 罗宾逊（John G. Robinson）设计，并在1906年由Beyer Peacock & Co. 制造的一系列4-6-0轮式的快速货运和鱼类列车机车 。 这种机车原本设计用于牵引快速货物列车和鱼类列车，它们在伦敦、曼彻斯特和格里姆斯比之间运输鱼类。 B4型机车最初配备了饱和锅炉，直到1920年代早期，GCR才开始考虑安装过热器。 LNER接管后，迅速为这些机车安装了过热器 。 B4型机车的 …

The Great Central Railway Class 8, known as the London and North Eastern Railway Class B5 following the 1923 Grouping, was a class of fourteen 4-6-0 steam locomotives designed to haul fast goods trains, in particular fish trains.

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. Robinson for working fast goods and fish trains. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 grouping and received the classification 'B4'.

2022年9月17日 · The re-skin's info: The Robinson's Class 8f (Classified as 'B4' by the LNER) is the Great Central Railway's 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for the fast fish...

The Great Central Railway built 9 classes of 4-6-0 locomotives. The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

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.

GCR B4 Engine Spec. Created using the universal engine spec spreadsheet by Bill Fock. Boiler Pressure: 180psi Cylinders (2): 19.5ins x 26ins Driving Wheels: 6ft 7ins Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0 Tractive Effort: 17,825 lbs Weight: 70t 14cwt Max Speed (DCC): 70 mph Power Class: 4P