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Record: 71951 (21/04/2026)
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GCR/LNER Robinson "J63" Class 0-6-0T
Class Types
| GCR Class |
5A |
| LNER Class |
J63 |
General
| Designer |
John Robinson |
| Introduced |
1906 |
| Pre-Grouping Company |
Great Central Railway |
| Grouping Company |
London and North Eastern Railway |
| Description (1957) |
Class J63. G.C.R. 3'6" 0-6-0T's, a side tank version of class J62, comprising 7 locomotives built between 1906 and 1914 for shunting in Immingham docks. All scrapped by 1957. |
| Wheel Arrangement |
0-6-0T |
| Number Built as J63 |
7 |
| First in Service |
08/1906 |
| Last in Service |
25/02/1957 |
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Power
| Variant Introduced |
1906 |
| Tractive Effort |
10,260lbs |
| Outside Cylinders |
13" x 20" (2 off) |
| Outside Valves |
13"Slide |
| Outside Motion |
20 |
Wheels
| Drivers |
3' 6" |
| Total Wheelbase |
12' |
| Descriptive Wheelbase |
6' 0" + 6' 0" = 12' 0" |
Dimensions
| Length (over buffers) |
26' 111⁄2" |
| Weight (in running order) |
37t 9cwt |
| Maximum Axle Load |
13t 4cwt |
| Water Capacity |
950gal |
| Coal Capacity |
1t 10cwt |
Boiler & Firebox
| Boiler Diagram |
24 |
| Boiler Max Diameter |
3' 615⁄16" |
| Boiler Barrel Length |
9' 3" |
| Boiler Pressure |
150lbs |
| Boiler Pitch |
6' |
| Firebox Length |
4' 6" |
| Firebox Grate Area |
11.43ft2 |
| Firebox Heating Surface |
60ft2 |
| Tube Number |
124 |
| Tube Diameter |
13⁄4" |
| Tube Area |
530ft2 |
| Total Evaporative Area |
590ft2 |
| Total Heating Area |
590ft2 |
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