GCR Class 5A
GCR Class 5A LNER Class J63 | |
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No. 8208 at Immingham Locomotive Depot 1947 | |
Type and origin | |
Power type | Steam |
Designer | John G. Robinson |
Build date | 1906–1914 |
Total produced | 7 |
Specifications | |
Configuration | 0-6-0T |
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 | 37 long tons 9 cwt (83,900 lb or 38.1 t) |
Fuel type | Coal |
Fuel capacity | 1 long ton 10 cwt (3,400 lb or 1.5 t) |
Water capacity | 950 imp gal (4,320 l; 1,140 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 | Two, outside |
Cylinder size | 13 in × 20 in (330 mm × 508 mm) |
Performance figures | |
Tractive effort | 10,260 lbf (45.64 kN) |
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Number in class | 7 |
Nicknames | Dock Tanks |
Locale | Immingham & Mersey Docks |
Delivered | 1906-1914 |
Withdrawn | 1953–1957 |
Disposition | All scrapped |
The GCR Class 5A(LNER Class J63) was a class of seven 0-6-0 steam tank locomotives designed by John G. Robinson for work in docks operated by the Great Central Railway. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping in 1923 and received the LNER classification J63.
History
The class was introduced in 1906 as a replacement for the GCR Class 4 dock shunters, based on his predecessor’s GCR Class 5 but with side tanks rather than saddle tanks. A seventh locomotive was built in 1914.
All seven examples survived into British Railways ownership in 1948. They were all withdrawn between 1953 and 1957.
References
- Allen, D. W.; Boddy, M. G.; Brown, W. A.; Fry, E. V.; Hennigan, W.; Manners, F.; Neve, E.; Proud, P.; Roundthwaite, T. E.; Tee, D. F.; Yeadon, W. B. (November 1970), Fry, E. V., ed., Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., part 8A: Tank Engines - Classes J50 to J70, Kenilworth: RCTS, ISBN 0-901115-05-3
- Hancox, A.C. (1995), The Harmonious Blacksmith Robinson, The Stephenson Locomotive Society, ISBN 0-903881-03-9
External links
- The Robinson J63 (GCR Class 5) 0-6-0ST Locomotives; LNER Encyclopedia
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