GNR Class C2 explained

Great Northern Railway C2 class
London & North Eastern Railway C12
Powertype:Steam
Designer:Henry Ivatt
Builder:Doncaster Works
Serialnumber:755–758, 788–971, 796–797, 812–821, 832–841, 924–933, 1017–1026, 1155–1164
Builddate:1898–1907
Whytetype:4-4-2T
Totalproduction:60
Leadingdiameter:3feet
Driverdiameter:5feet
Trailingdiameter:3feet
Fueltype:Coal
Boilerpressure:170-
Cylindercount:Two, inside
Cylindersize:18x
Valvegear:Stephenson
Valvetype:Slide valves
Tractiveeffort:17900-
Numinclass:1 January 1923: 60,
1 January 1948: 49
Fleetnumbers:GNR: 1009A, 1010, 1013–1020, 1501–1550
Withdrawndate:1957–1958
Disposition:All scrapped

The Great Northern Railway class C2 locomotives is a scrapped class of 4-4-2 tank locomotives built by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) between 1898 and 1907. They were used on local and commuter passenger trains in Yorkshire and North London. They were withdrawn between 1957 and 1958.

Numbering

The GNR numbered them 1009A, 1010, 1013–1020 and 1501–1550. All passed to the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923, who renumbered them by adding 3000 to their GNR number.

In the post World War II renumbering scheme, the remaining 50 locomotives were renumbered 7350–7399.

In 1948, the remaining 49 locomotives passed to British Railways, who renumbered them by prefixing a 6 to their LNER number (i.e. 67350–67399).

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