GCR Class 5 LNER Class J62 |
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No. 8201 at Wrexham Locomotive Depot 1947 | |
Power type | Steam |
Designer | Harry Pollitt (engineer) |
Builder | Gorton Works |
Build date | 1897 |
Total produced | 12 |
Configuration | 0-6-0ST |
UIC classification | C n2t |
Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
Driver diameter | 3 ft 6 in (1.067 m) |
Wheelbase | 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) |
Length | 26 ft 11.5 in (8.22 m) over buffers |
Locomotive weight | 30 tons 17 cwt (69,100 lb or 31.3 t) |
Fuel type | Coal |
Fuel capacity | 1 tons 10 cwt (3,400 lb or 1.5 t) |
Water capacity | 600 imp gal (2,730 l; 721 US gal) |
Boiler pressure | 150 psi (1.03 MPa) |
Firegrate area | 11.43 sq ft (1.062 m2) |
Heating surface: Total |
590 sq ft (55 m2) |
Cylinders | 2 outside |
Cylinder size | 13 × 20 in (330 × 508 mm) |
Tractive effort | 10,260 lbf (45.64 kN) |
Career | MS&LR » GCR » LNER » BR |
Class | GCR: 5 LNER: J62 |
Number in class | 12 |
Nicknames | Dock Tanks |
Locale | Grimsby Immingham & MerseyDocks |
Delivered | 1897 |
Withdrawn | 1935–1951 |
Disposition | all scrapped |
The GCR Class 5(LNER Class J62) was a class of twelve 0-6-0 steam tank locomotives designed by Harry Pollitt (engineer) for work in docks operated by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) later renamed Great Central Railway (GCR).
These locomotives were designed by Pollitt for working at Grimsby and other dock locations. (No. 891 was the last engine to be built by the MS&LR, and No. 892 the first engine to be built by the GCR both in 1897. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping in 1923 and received the LNER classification J62. Withdrawals began in 1935, but there were three examples suriving in 1948 which passed to British Railways ownership. They last example was withdrawn in 1951.
One example (No. 889) was rebuilt in 1903 as an as an 0-6-2ST crane tank but reverted to its original form in 1918 after a collision.
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