Their classification was changed to B19 in 1945, and all had been retired by the end of 1947. Although commonly believed to be intended as express passenger locomotives, the Great Central classified and used them as mixed traffic locomotives.

The Robinson Class B2 / B19 (GCR Class I) "Sir Sam Fay" 4-6-0s. Robinson built these locomotives in 1912-13 for hauling express passenger services. They were not a great success and were quickly moved to secondary express services. Classified as B2 by the LNER, they were reclassified as B19 in 1945 to make room for the Thompson B2 class.

LNER 4-6-0 Locomotives. Originally introduced to Britain in 1894 for freight haulage, 4-6-0 locomotives ("Ten-Wheelers" in American railroad jargon) became the predominant type for express and mixed traffic duties. By 1948 4-6-0s in Britain were outnumbered only by 0-6-0s and 0-6-0Ts, and British Railways built more 4-6-0s than any other type.

A number of different numbering and classification schemes were used for the locomotives owned by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) and its constituent companies. This page explains the principal systems that were used.

Following the merger of the GCR into the London & North Eastern Railway, the class became known as the LNER Class B9. Immediately after the merger, the LNER began converting the class to use superheated boilers - a project that finished in …

This download shows the number of locomotives built for LNER stock for each year from 1923 to 1947, plus locomotives of LNER design built after nationalisation. It combines the annual figures given in the Locomotive Policy and Construction section of Volume 1 (pp15-21).

In each class, individual engines were numbered in order of construction (with a small number of exceptions, most notably the 'A4' class where locomotives carrying the names of the LNER's directors were given 'significant numbers' 1-4).

This catalogue lists views of the locomotives built for the Great Central Railway and its predecessor the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway. The short first section lists locomotives in MS&LR livery and the rest of the catalogue lists locomotive classes in order of their LNER class designation.

GCR built 28 9Q and LNER added 10 in 1923-1924; the former were reclassified B7/1 and the latter B7/2 to mark their smaller extreme dimensions adopted to fit the composite loading gauge of the Grouped LNER lines.

Dec 21, 2021 · In the 1923 grouping, they all passed to the London and North Eastern Railway who placed them in class B2. Their classification was changed to B19 in 1945, and all had been retired by the end of 1947.