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Record: 71951 (21/04/2026)
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GCR/LNER Pollitt "F2" Class 2-4-2T
Class Types
| GCR Class |
9G |
| LNER Class |
F2 |
General
| Designer |
Harry Pollitt |
| Introduced |
1898 |
| Pre-Grouping Company |
Great Central Railway |
| Grouping Company |
London and North Eastern Railway |
| Description (1957) |
Class F2, Pollitt version of class F1, with Belpaire fireboxes. Ten engines built in 1896 and the last survivor withdrawn in 1950. |
| Wheel Arrangement |
2-4-2T |
| Number Built as F2 |
10 |
| First in Service |
04/1898 |
| Last in Service |
12/1950 |
| Manufacturers |
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| Orders |
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Power
| Variant Introduced |
1898 |
| Tractive Effort |
17,100lbs |
| Inside Cylinders |
18" x 26" (2 off) |
| Inside Valves |
Slide |
| Inside Motion |
Stephenson |
Wheels
| Pony |
3' 6" |
| Drivers |
5' 7" |
| Truck |
3' 6" |
| Total Wheelbase |
23' 51⁄2" |
| Descriptive Wheelbase |
7' 10½" + 8' 7" + 7' 0" = 23' 5½" |
Dimensions
| Length (over buffers) |
37' 65⁄8" |
| Weight (in running order) |
62t 6cwt |
| Adhesive Weight |
35t 10cwt |
| Maximum Axle Load |
18t 10cwt |
| Water Capacity |
1,360gal |
| Coal Capacity |
2t 10cwt |
Boiler & Firebox
| Boiler Diagram |
20 |
| Boiler Max Diameter |
4' 4" |
| Boiler Barrel Length |
10' 81⁄8" |
| Boiler Pressure |
160lbs |
| Boiler Pitch |
7' 91⁄2" |
| Firebox Type |
Belpaire |
| Firebox Length |
6' |
| Firebox Grate Area |
18.3ft2 |
| Firebox Heating Surface |
99ft2 |
| Tube Number |
190 |
| Tube Diameter |
13⁄4" |
| Tube Area |
964ft2 |
| Total Evaporative Area |
1063ft2 |
| Total Heating Area |
1063ft2 |
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