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GCR/LNER Robinson "C4" Class 4-4-2
Class Types
GCR Class |
8B |
LNER Class |
C4 |
General
Designer |
John Robinson |
Introduced |
1903 |
Pre-Grouping |
Great Central Railway |
Big Four |
London and North Eastern Railway |
Description (1957) |
Class C4. Robinson's Great Central Atlantics with 6'9" wheels and 2 outside cylinders. Originally a class of 27 engines built between 1903-6, they were all scrapped by 1950. Four very similar engines were built as compounds, but these all went in 1946-47. |
Wheels |
4-4-2 |
Number Built as C4 |
27 |
First in Service |
12/1903 |
Last in Service |
02/12/1950 |
Manufacturers |
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Orders |
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Power
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C4/2 |
C4/4 |
Variant Introduced |
1903 |
1903 |
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