Although overshadowed by the later and more famous steam locomotives that John G. Robinson would go on to design, the Great Central Railway Class 11B 4-4-0 Express Passenger engines were a successful class which totalled 40. [1] Built from 1901 to 1903, in later rebuilt form as 11D, some 11Bs would last in service until 1950. [7]

Within a year of becoming the Great Central Railway's (GCR) Locomotive Engineer, Robinson initiated an extensive programme of locomotive construction and modernisation. The programme started with his Class 9J 0-6-0 (LNER J11) and Class 11B 4-4-0 in 1901.

Although overshadowed by the later and more famous steam locomotives that John G. Robinson would go on to design, the Great Central Railway Class 11B 4-4-0 Express Passenger engines were a successful class which totalled 40. Built from 1901 to 1903, in later rebuilt form as 11D, some 11Bs would...

The GCR Class 11E was a type of 4-4-0 steam locomotive used by the Great Central Railway for express passenger services. Ten were built in the railway's own workshops at Gorton, Manchester during 1913; they remained in service until the mid-1950s.

In 1901 Robinson introduced the more powerful Class 11B 4-4-0 and No 1022 (built 1902) is approaching with another secondary service. Photo: author's collection. Class 11B No 1033 was built a month later and is in charge of a heavy gangwayed express made up to 6 carriages, probably from Manchester.

Running at speed along the cutting is a John G. Robinson designed 4-4-0 Class 11B of 1901. The 11B was Robinson's first passenger locomotive design, and was a direct descendant of the Pollitt class 11A 4-4-0's seen earlier.

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Although overshadowed by the later and more famous steam locomotives that John G. Robinson would go on to design, the Great Central Railway Class 11B 4-4-0 Express Passenger engines were a successful class which totalled 40. [1] Built from 1901 to 1903, in later rebuilt form as 11D, some 11Bs would last in service until 1950. [7]

Jan 10, 2009 · Within a year of becoming the Great Central Railway's (GCR) Locomotive Engineer, Robinson initiated an extensive programme of locomotive construction and modernisation. The programme started with his Class 9J …

The Great Central Railway Class 11F or Improved Director Class is a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive designed by John G. Robinson for passenger work. The LNER classified them as Class D11 in 1923. They were based on the earlier GCR Class 11E "Director" class (LNER D10).