GCR Class 1 [SEP] designer
GCR Class 1
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 who placed them in class B2. Their classification was changed to B19 in 1945, and all had been retired by the end of 1947.
Service.
Although commonly believed that they were intended as express passenger locomotives, the Great Central actually classified and used
GCR Class 8G
GCR Class 8G was a class of 10 two-cylinder steam locomotives of the 4-6-0 wheel arrangement built in 1906 for the Great Central Railway.
GCR era.
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 smaller. Production of the 10 locomotives commenced as soon as the last Class 8F was built. The Class 8Gs used a boiler that had the same diameter