GCR Class 1A

GCR Class 1A
LNER Class B8

No. 1349 at Retford (GC) Locomotive Depot 13 April 1947

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	John G. Robinson
Builder	Gorton Works
Build date	1913–1915
Total produced	11

Specifications
Configuration	4-6-0
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.	3 ft 6 in (1.067 m)
Driver dia.	5 ft 7 in (1.702 m)
Length	63 ft 0.3 in (19.210 m)
Loco weight	122 long tons (124 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	6 long tons (6.1 t)
Water cap	4,000 imperial gallons (18,000 l; 4,800 US gal)
Firebox: • Firegrate area	26 sq ft (2.4 m²)^[1]
Boiler pressure	180 psi (1.24 MPa)
Heating surface	2,183 sq ft (202.8 m²)^[1]
Superheater:
• Heating area	294 sq ft (27.3 m²)^[1]
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	21.5 in × 26 in (546 mm × 660 mm)

Performance figures
Tractive effort	27,445 lbf (122.1 kN)

Career
Operators	Great Central Railway → London and North Eastern Railway → British Railways
Withdrawn	1947–1949
Disposition	All scrapped

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 services. They were known as the ‘Glenalmond Class’ and were a smaller wheeled version of Robinson’s earlier Sir Sam Fay express passenger class (LNER Class B2), which they closely resembled.

History

GCR locomotives

The prototype was built at Gorton locomotive works, during 1913 and the remaining ten, one year later. Unfortunately they suffered from the same design problems associated with the Sir Sam Fay class and were mainly used on secondary passenger and freight services.^[1]

Numbering

Table of numbers^[2]
Built	GCR Nos.	LNER Nos.	LNER 1942 Nos.	Name	Withdrawn
000000001913-06-01-0000June 1913	4	5004	1349	Glenalmond	000000001947-11-01-0000November 1947
000000001914-07-01-0000July 1914	439	5439	1350	Sutton Nelthorpe	000000001947-08-01-0000August 1947
000000001914-08-01-0000August 1914	440	5440	1351		000000001947-10-01-0000October 1947
000000001914-09-01-0000September 1914	441	5441	1352		000000001947-05-01-0000May 1947
000000001914-09-01-0000September 1914	442	5442	1353		000000001949-03-01-0000March 1949
000000001914-10-01-0000October 1914	443	5443	1354		000000001948-03-01-0000March 1948
000000001914-10-01-0000October 1914	444	5444	1355		000000001948-09-01-0000September 1948
000000001914-11-01-0000November 1914	445	5445	1356		000000001947-08-01-0000August 1947
000000001914-11-01-0000November 1914	446	5446	1357	Earl Roberts of Kandahar	000000001949-04-01-0000April 1949
000000001914-12-01-0000December 1914	279	5279	1358	Earl Kitchener of Khartoum	000000001948-08-01-0000August 1948
000000001915-01-01-0000January 1915	280	5280	1359		000000001947-03-01-0000March 1947

Preservation

None have been preserved.

References

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1 2 3 4 Boddy et al. 1975, p. 43.
↑ Boddy et al. 1975, p. 46.

Boddy, M. G.; Brown, W. A.; Fry, E. V.; Hennigan, W.; Hoole, Ken; Manners, F.; Neve, E.; Platt, E. N. T.; Proud, P.; Yeadon, W. B. (March 1975). Fry, E. V., ed. Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., Part 2B: Tender Engines—Classes B1 to B19. Lincoln: RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-73-8.

London and North Eastern Railway locomotives

Pre-grouping railway designs:

Great Central:	A5 B1/B18 B2/B19 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 C4 C5 C13 C14 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D10 D11 D12 E2 E3 E8 F1 F2 G3 J8 J9 J10 J11 J12 J13 J58 J59 J60 J61 J62 J63 L1/L3 M1 N4 N5 N6 O4 O5 Q4 S1 X4 Y2

Great Eastern:	B12 D13 D14 D15 D16 E4 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 G4 J14 J15 J16 J17 J18 J19 J20 J65 J66 J67 J68 J69 J70 N7 Y4 Y5 Y6 Z4/J92

Great North of Scotland:	D38 D39 D40 D41 D42 D43 D44 D45 D46 D47 D48 G10 J90 J91 Z4 Z5

Great Northern:	A1 C1 C2 C12 D1 D2 D3 D4 E1 G1 G2 J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J50 J51 J52 J53 J54 J55 J56 J57 K1 K2 K3 N1 N2 O1 O2 Q1 Q2 Q3 R1

North British:	C10 C11 C15 C16 D25 D26 D27 D28 D29 D30 D31 D32 D33 D34 D35 D36 D50 D51 E7 G7 G8 G9 J31 J32 J33 J34 J35 J36 J37 J81 J82 J83 J84 J85 J86 J88 N14 N15 Y9 Y10

North Eastern:	A2 A6 A7 B13 B14 B15 B16 C6 C7 C8 D17/1 D17/2 D18 D19 D20 D21 D22 D23 E5 E6 F8 G5 G6 H1 J21 J22 J24 J25 J26 J27 J71 J72 J73 J74 J76 J77 J78 J79 N8 N9 N10 Q5 Q6 Q7 T1 X1 X2 X3 Y7 Y8 EB1 EE1 EF1 ES1

North Eastern (ex Hull & Barnsley)	D24 J23 J28 J75 J80 N11 N12 N13 Q10

LNER designs:

Gresley (1923–1941):	A1 A3 A4 A8 B17 D49 J38 J39 J50 K4 P1 P2 U1 V1 V2 V3 V4 W1 EM1

Thompson (1941–1946):	A1 A2/1 A2/2 A2/3 B1 B2 K1 K5 L1 O1 Q1

Peppercorn (1946–1947):	A1 A2 K1

Other designs:

Proposed designs:

P10 2-8-2T (Nov 1929)
B 4-6-0 (Nov 1936)
? 4-8-2 (1939)
Q 0-8-0 (June 1930)
D 4-4-0 (1943)
? 4-8-4 (Feb 1946)
? 4-8-2 (Feb 1946)
K 2-6-0 (Aug 1947)

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