The Great Northern Railway class C2 locomotives is a scrapped class of 4-4-2 tank locomotives built by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) between 1898 and 1907. They were used on local and commuter passenger trains in Yorkshire and North London. They …

One of the first locomotive types introduced by Ivatt, the first batch of ten GNR C2 (LNER C12) locomotives were built in 1898 for hauling suburban services in the West Riding.

Ex-Great Northern Railway Ivatt 'C2' (LNER 'C12') class 4-4-2 Tank No. 67392. Built at Doncaster in July 1907 as GNR No. 1542 and withdrawn in October 1956. The sixty Ivatt 'C12s' were a particularly elegant example of the Atlantic Tank type favoured by many companies at the turn of the 19th/20th centuries.

Locomotives Class C12

From 1900, the GNR adopted a system of classification based on a locomotive's wheel arrangemenent (using the Whyte Notation), with each arrangement being represented by a letter. Initially, the letters A to J were allocated in ascending order of driving axles and descending order of leading axles.

General Plan dwg. Q80 (5/1910) Nos. 1531-50 were built 12/1903-9/1907. These had flared bunkers with rails above them to increase the coal carrying capacity. Earlier engines were quickly brought into line. LNER AND AFTERWARDS LNER Class C12 was intact at Grouping: 60 in service The engines had 3000 added to their numbers (about 1924).

Jul 21, 2011 · One of the most common locos found on the Queensbury lines was Ivats C12. Built specifically for the GNR's northern suburban lives many lived on into BR days and did sterling work with passenger and freight.

Apr 6, 2015 · The Great Northern Railway class C2 locomotives were a class of 4-4-2 tank locomotives built by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) between 1898 and 1907. They were used on local and commuter passenger trains in Yorkshire and North London. They were withdrawn between 1937 and 1958.

The Great Northern Railway class C2 locomotives were a class of 4-4-2 tank locomotives built by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) between 1898 and 1907. They were used on local and commuter passenger trains in Yorkshire and North London. They …

Ivatt C12 (GNR C2) Atlantic Tank Engines by neildimmer » Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:49 pm