GCR Class 5A explained

GCR Class 5A
LNER Class J63
Powertype:Steam
Designer:John G. Robinson
Builddate:1906–1914
Totalproduction:7
Uicclass:C n2t
Driverdiameter:3feet
Wheelbase:12feet
Length:26feet over buffers
Fueltype:Coal
Watercap:950impgal
Boilerpressure:1502NaN2
Firearea:11.43square feet
Totalsurface:590square feet
Cylindercount:Two, outside
Cylindersize:13x
Tractiveeffort:102602NaN2
Numinclass:7
Nicknames:Dock Tanks
Locale:Immingham & Mersey Docks
Deliverydate:1906-1914
Withdrawndate:1953–1957
Disposition:All scrapped

The GCR Class 5A was a class of seven steams 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, at least one being at Immingham in 1952, and at least one at Connah's Quay in 1954. They were all withdrawn between 1953 and 1957.

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