The GCR Class 9J (LNER Class J11) was a class of 174
0-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels. This was the most common wheel arrangemen ...
steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...
s designed by
John G. Robinson
John George Robinson CBE, (30 July 1856 – 7 December 1943) was an English railway engineer, and was chief mechanical engineer of the Great Central Railway from 1900 to 1922.
Early life
Born at Newcastle upon Tyne, the second son of Matthew Robin ...
for freight work on the
Great Central Railway (GCR) in 1901. They were a part of the Railway Operating Division during
World War 1.
Career
London and North Eastern Railway
They passed to the
London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the " Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated from 1 January 1923 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948. At th ...
(LNER) in 1923. The LNER classified them as J11 with sub-classes J11/1 to J11/5 because of detail differences.
British Railways
The whole class survived into
British Railways
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...
(BR) ownership in 1948 and their BR numbers were 64280–64453.
All had been withdrawn and scrapped by 1962 and none have been preserved.
References
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09J
0-6-0 locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1901
Neilson Reid locomotives
Beyer, Peacock locomotives
Vulcan Foundry locomotives
YEC locomotives
Railway Operating Division locomotives
Scrapped locomotives
Freight locomotives
Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain
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