GCR Class 5 explained

GCR Class 5
LNER Class J62
Powertype:Steam
Designer:Harry Pollitt (engineer)
Builder:Gorton Works
Builddate:1897
Totalproduction:12
Uicclass:C n2t
Driverdiameter:3feet
Wheelbase:12feet
Length:26feet over buffers
Fueltype:Coal
Watercap:600impgal
Boilerpressure:1502NaN2
Firearea:11.43square feet
Totalsurface:590square feet
Cylindercount:Two, outside
Cylindersize:13x
Tractiveeffort:102602NaN2
Nicknames:Dock Tanks
Locale:Grimsby, Immingham & Mersey Docks
Deliverydate:1897
Withdrawndate:1935–1951
Disposition:All scrapped

The GCR Class 5 (LNER Class J62) was a class of twelve 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).

History

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 surviving in 1948 which passed to British Railways ownership. The last example was withdrawn in 1951.

One example (No. 889) was rebuilt in 1903 as an but reverted to its original form in 1918 after a collision.

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