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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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