GCR Class 8C [SEP] manufacturer
GCR Class 8C
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 They were reclassified B18 in 1943 and both were retired in 1947.
Design.
Two were built as a comparison with a two similar 4-4-2 locomotives (GCR Class 8B, later LNER class C4). The 4
GCR Class 8B
GCR Class 8B was a class of 25 two-cylinder steam locomotives of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement built between 1903 and 1906 for the Great Central Railway. They were nicknamed "Jersey Lillies" after the famous music star Lillie Langtry. 
GCR era.
Facing a potential rise in passenger traffic, the Great Central Railway placed an order for 2 pairs of different locomotives - one pair being the 4-6-0 GCR Class 8C, the other pair being this 4-4