The Great Central Railway Class 8N - London North Eastern Railway Class B6 - was a class of three 4-6-0 steam locomotives, designed by John G. Robinson in 1918. They were a mixed …

The Great Central Railway Class 8, known as the London and North Eastern Railway Class B5 following the 1923 Grouping, was a class of fourteen 4-6-0 steam locomotives designed to …

Only nineteen 8Ms were built, with one of the first batch being built as the prototype 4-6-0 Class B6 (GCR Class 8N). The class 8M was not continued any further, and two of the 8M …

Initially designed in 1911 to haul coal traffic on the Great Central Railway (GCR) to the new docks at Immingham, the GCR 8K would become one of the most successful British steam …

The Robinson Class B6 (GCR Class 8N) 4-6-0s. The first Great Central (GCR) Class 8N (LNER B6), No. 416, was built in 1918 at the same time as a batch of O5 2-8-0 and shared the same …

Locomotives built by the Great Central Railway. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not …

Since the GCR decided in 1920 to continue production of the 9Q (later B7), the 8N class stopped at three. Nevertheless, both the GCR and successor LNER kept them in service throughout …

A worksplate, GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY, GORTON, 1921, from a GCR Class 8N, LNER B6 Class, 4-6-0, a class of only three engines of which two, Nos 52 and 53, were built in 1921, …

Jun 6, 2008 · The Great Central Railway (GCR) Class 9N (LNER Class A5) was Robinson's last passenger tank design. They were designed to pull the difficult suburban services out of …

Aug 5, 2020 · According to a post on the GCRS Yahoo Group, David Andrews is considering a kit for a GCR 8N (LNER B6) but needs more expressions of interest before proceeding. David …