GCR Class 9J
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![]() No. 4401 at Manchester London Road Station in 1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The GCR Class 9J (LNER Class J11) was a class of 174 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed by John G. Robinson for freight work on the Great Central Railway (GCR) in 1901. They were a part of the Railway Operating Division during World War 1.[2] The class acquired the nickname "Pom-Poms" due to the similarity of their exhaust noise to that of the "Pom-Pom" quick-firing gun used in the South African War.[3]
Career
London and North Eastern Railway
They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923. The LNER classified them as J11 with sub-classes J11/1 to J11/5 because of detail differences.[4]
British Railways
The whole class survived into British Railways (BR) ownership in 1948 and their BR numbers were 64280–64453.[5][6] All had been withdrawn and scrapped by 1962 and none have been preserved.
References
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- ^ a b c Fry 1966, p. 65.
- ^ Clegg, Malcolm (2021). LMS and LNER Steam Locomotives: The Post War Era. Pen & Sword Books Limited. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-5267-7863-5. OCLC 1323252904.
- ^ "LNER Encyclopedia: The Robinson J11 (GCR Class 9J) 0-6-0 Locomotives". www.lner.info. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "The Robinson J11 (GCR Class 9J) 0-6-0 Locomotives". Lner.info. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ "Rail UK Steam Loco Class Information". Railuk.info. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ "Rail UK Steam Loco Class Information". Railuk.info. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- Fry, E. V., ed. (September 1966). Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., Part 5: Tender Engines—Classes J1 to J37. Kenilworth: RCTS. pp. 63–75. ISBN 0-901115-12-6.