GCR Class 5

The GCR Class 5 (LNER Class J62) was a class of twelve 0-6-0 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).

GCR Class 5
LNER Class J62
No. 8201 at Wrexham Locomotive Depot 1947
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerHarry Pollitt (engineer)
BuilderGorton Works
Build date1897
Total produced12
Specifications
Configuration:
  Whyte0-6-0ST
  UICC n2t
Gauge4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.3 ft 6 in (1.067 m)
Wheelbase12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Length26 ft 11.5 in (8.22 m) over buffers
Loco weight30 long tons 17 cwt (69,100 lb or 31.3 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity1 long ton 10 cwt (3,400 lb or 1.5 t)
Water cap600 imp gal (2,730 l; 721 US gal)
Firebox:
  Firegrate area
11.43 sq ft (1.062 m2)
Boiler pressure150 psi (1.03 MPa)
Heating surface590 sq ft (55 m2)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size13 in × 20 in (330 mm × 508 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort10,260 lbf (45.64 kN)
Career
Operators
Class
  • GCR: 5
  • LNER: J62
NicknamesDock Tanks
LocaleGrimsby, Immingham & Mersey Docks
Delivered1897
Withdrawn1935–1951
DispositionAll scrapped

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 The last example was withdrawn in 1951.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 0-6-2ST crane tank but reverted to its original form in 1918 after a collision.

Bibliography

  • Allen, D. W.; Boddy, M. G.; Brown, W. A.; Fry, E. V.; Hennigan, W.; Manners, F.; Neve, E.; Proud, P.; Roundthwaite, T. E.; Tee, D. F.; Yeadon, W. B. (November 1970). Fry, E. V. (ed.). Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., part 8A: Tank Engines - Classes J50 to J70. Kenilworth: RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-05-3.
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