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Record: 71951 (21/04/2026)
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GCR/LNER Robinson "B9" Class 4-6-0
Class Types
| GCR Class |
8G |
| LNER Class |
B9 |
General
| Designer |
John Robinson |
| Introduced |
1906 |
| Pre-Grouping Company |
Great Central Railway |
| Grouping Company |
London and North Eastern Railway |
| Description (1957) |
Class B9, Robinson's Great Central 5'3" express freight engines with 2 cylinders, 19 X 26 ins. A class of 10 engines, built in 1906, but all scrapped by 1949. |
| Wheel Arrangement |
4-6-0 |
| Number Built as B9 |
10 |
| Number Scrapped |
10 |
| First in Service |
09/1906 |
| Last in Service |
16/05/1949 |
| Manufacturers |
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| Orders |
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Power
| Variant Introduced |
1906 |
| Tractive Effort |
22,438lbs |
| Outside Cylinders |
19" x 26" (2 off) |
| Outside Valves |
Slide |
| Outside Motion |
Stephenson |
Wheels
| Pony |
3' 6" |
| Drivers |
5' 4" |
| Locomotive Wheelbase |
26' 11⁄2" |
| Tender Wheelbase |
13' |
| Total Wheelbase |
50' 8" |
| Descriptive Wheelbase |
6' 6" + 5' 7½" + 7' 0" + 7' 0" + (11' 6½") + 6' 6" + 6' 6" = 50' 8" |
Dimensions
| Length (over buffers) |
60' 91⁄4" |
| Weight (in running order) |
115t 12cwt |
| Weight (loco only) |
67t 6cwt |
| Adhesive Weight |
52t 2cwt |
| Maximum Axle Load |
18t 0cwt |
| Water Capacity |
4,000gal |
| Coal Capacity |
6t 0cwt |
Boiler & Firebox
| Boiler Pitch |
8' 71⁄2" |
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