- GCR Class 9N
Infobox Locomotive
powertype=Steam
name = GCR Class 9N
LNER Class A5
caption =
designer = J. G. Robinson
builder = GCR, LNER, Hawthorn Leslie and Company
builddate = 1911-1926
totalproduction =
whytetype = 4-6-2T
gauge = 4' 8½"
leadingsize =
driversize = 5' 7"
length =
weight = A5/1, 85 tons 18 cwt
A5/2, 90 tons 11 cwt
fueltype = coal
fuelc
waterc
cylindercount = two inside
cylindersize = 20" x 26"
firearea =
boilerpressure = 180 psi
tractiveeffort = 23,750 lbf
railroadclass= |The
Great Central Railway Class 9N, classified A5 by theLNER , was a class of4-6-2 tank locomotive s designed byJohn G. Robinson for suburban passenger services. They were fitted withsuperheater s,piston valves andStephenson valve gear .The GCR built three batches between 1911 and 1917. They ordered a fourth batch but this was not built until after Grouping in 1923. The
London and North Eastern Railway {LNER) ordered a fifth batch fromHawthorn Leslie and Company and this was built between 1925 and 1926. The last batch had reduced boiler mountings and detail differences, and was classified A5/2. The earlier batches were then re-classified A5/1.Numbering
Forty-three locomotives passed to
British Railways in 1948 and they were numbered as follows:
* A5/1, 69800-69829
* A5/2, 69830-69842None has been preserved.
Modelling
A 7mm scale kit is available from MSC models [ [http://www.mscmodels.co.uk/products/locos/a5/a5-info.htm Untitled Document ] ] .
ources
* Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 4, page 55.
References
External links
* http://www.lner.info/locos/A/a5.shtml
* http://www.railuk.co.uk/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=A5/1
* http://www.railuk.co.uk/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=A5/2
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