They differed primarily in the diameter of their driving wheels: the first design, Class 9P (LNER Class B3 from September 1923 [4]), had 6-foot-9-inch (2.06 m) diameter wheels, for express passenger service; [5] and the second, Class 9Q (LNER Class B7), had 5-foot-8-inch (1.73 m) wheels, for mixed-traffic work.

The Robinson Class B3 (GCR Class 9P) "Lord Faringdon" 4-6-0s. The Class 9P 4-6-0s were Robinson's largest passenger locomotive design. The first locomotive was built at the end of 1917 and named after the then Great Central Railway's (GCR) chairman Lord Faringdon. It is said to have been inspired by the London & North Western Railway's (LNWR ...

Three of the LNER constituents built 4-6-0s. The NER pioneered the type for passenger work in Britain in 1899. Finding they lacked the required power for express working, it used its 102 4-6-0s on secondary passenger and express freight duties.

The GCR Class 9Q, classified B7 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 services on the Great Central Railway.

A number of different numbering and classification schemes were used for the locomotives owned by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) and its constituent companies. This page explains the principal systems that were used.

The B3 class, had a long association with Neasden, especially No 6165 Valour which was allocated there during most of 1931-38. Here it is sometime during that period, probably early on when the Doncaster chimney was being carried, in fully lined LNER apple green livery.

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 locomotive was built at the end of 1917 and named after the GCR chairman, Lord Farringdon.

LNER class B3/2 4-6-0 no. 6166 Earl Haig (corrected) in resplendent LNER green livery passes a solitary ganger with an express. A Robinson 4-cylinder design, it was built as GCR class 9P (the 'Faringdons') in 1920. The class totalled six locomotives, the best known being the war memorial Valour. Four of the class were rebuilt with Caprotti ...

Robinson’s D10 Director (GCR class 11E) locomotives quickly proved to be very successful, and a second batch was ordered in March 1916. This order was cancelled with the First World War on-going. In 1917, Robinson built his B3 Lord Faringdon 4-6-0 locomotives.

This catalogue lists views of the locomotives built for the Great Central Railway and its predecessor the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway. The short first section lists locomotives in MS&LR livery and the rest of the catalogue lists locomotive classes in order of their LNER class designation.