GCR Class 5A

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GCR Class 5A
LNER Class J63
Immingham Locomotive Depot geograph-2378222-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
No. 8208 at Immingham engine shed in 1947
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer John G. Robinson
Build date1906–1914
Total produced7
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 0-6-0 T
   UIC C n2t
Gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.3 ft 6 in (1.067 m)
Wheelbase 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Length26 ft 11.5 in (8.22 m) over buffers
Loco weight37 long tons 9 cwt (83,900 lb or 38.1 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity1 long ton 10 cwt (3,400 lb or 1.5 t)
Water cap.950 imp gal (4,320 L; 1,140 US gal)
Firebox:
  Grate area11.43 sq ft (1.062 m2)
Boiler pressure150 psi (1.03 MPa)
Heating surface590 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)
Career
Operators
Class
  • GCR: 5A
  • LNER: J63
Number in class7
NicknamesDock Tanks
LocaleImmingham & Mersey Docks
Delivered1906-1914
Withdrawn1953–1957
DispositionAll scrapped

The GCR Class 5A was a class of seven 0-6-0 T steams designed by John G. Robinson for work in docks operated by the Great Central Railway. [1] They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping in 1923 and received the LNER classification J63.

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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, at least one being at Immingham in 1952, [2] and at least one at Connah's Quay in 1954. [3] They were all withdrawn between 1953 and 1957.

References

  1. Goode 1985, p. 54.
  2. Ludlam 2016, p. 15.
  3. Green 1996, p. 34.

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