The GCR Class 1 was a class of steam locomotives designed by John G. Robinson for the Great Central Railway, and introduced to service between December 1912 and 1913. In the 1923 …

The Robinson Class B2 / B19 (GCR Class I) "Sir Sam Fay" 4-6-0s. Robinson built these locomotives in 1912-13 for hauling express passenger services. They were not a great …

GCR Class 9P was a design of four-cylinder steam locomotive of the 4-6-0 wheel arrangement built for hauling express passenger trains on the Great Central Railway in England. A total of …

GCR built 28 9Q and LNER added 10 in 1923-1924; the former were reclassified B7/1 and the latter B7/2 to mark their smaller extreme dimensions adopted to fit the composite loading …

The Great Central Railway Class 1A, classified B8 by the LNER, was a class of 4-6-0 mixed-traffic locomotives designed by John G. Robinson for fast goods, relief passenger and excursion …

In the early 20th Century several other companies introduced 4-6-0s but often encountered similar difficulties, including the GCR, who reverted to four-coupled locos for express work despite …

I have started to add new photos to the Robinson B Class 4-6-0 Locomotives of the G.C.R. 1st 2 galleries feature Robinson Class B2 / B19 (GCR Class I)...

A hundred years ago it was the latest Robinson design for the Great Central Railway, the class 9P (later LNER B3). This was Robinson’s largest passenger locomotive design. The first …

The GCR Class 1 was a class of steam locomotives designed by John G. Robinson for the Great Central Railway, and introduced to service between December 1912 and 1913. In the 1923 …

During First World War, the GCR class 8K (LNER class O4/1) was developed into the GCR class 8M (LNER class O5) by fitting a larger 5ft 6in boiler. This boiler was actually a shortened …