GCR Class 5

Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0ST
• UIC	C n2t
Gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	3 ft 6 in (1.067 m)
Wheelbase	12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Length	26 ft 11.5 in (8.22 m) over buffers
Loco weight	30 long tons 17 cwt (69,100 lb or 31.3 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	1 long ton 10 cwt (3,400 lb or 1.5 t)
Water cap	600 imp gal (2,730 l; 721 US gal)
Firebox:; • Firegrate area	11.43 sq ft (1.062 m2)
Boiler pressure	150 psi (1.03 MPa)
Heating surface	590 sq ft (55 m2)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	13 in × 20 in (330 mm × 508 mm)

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Harry Pollitt (engineer)
Builder	Gorton Works
Build date	1897
Total produced	12

GCR Class 5 ; LNER Class J62
	No. 8201 at Wrexham Locomotive Depot 1947
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Harry Pollitt (engineer)
Builder	Gorton Works
Build date	1897
Total produced	12
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0ST
• UIC	C n2t
Gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	3 ft 6 in (1.067 m)
Wheelbase	12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Length	26 ft 11.5 in (8.22 m) over buffers
Loco weight	30 long tons 17 cwt (69,100 lb or 31.3 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	1 long ton 10 cwt (3,400 lb or 1.5 t)
Water cap	600 imp gal (2,730 l; 721 US gal)
Firebox:; • Firegrate area	11.43 sq ft (1.062 m2)
Boiler pressure	150 psi (1.03 MPa)
Heating surface	590 sq ft (55 m2)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	13 in × 20 in (330 mm × 508 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort	10,260 lbf (45.64 kN)
Career
Operators	Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway; → Great Central Railway; → London and North Eastern Railway; → British Railways;
Class	GCR: 5; LNER: J62;
Nicknames	Dock Tanks
Locale	Grimsby, Immingham & Mersey Docks
Delivered	1897
Withdrawn	1935–1951
Disposition	All scrapped

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).

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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External links

The Pollitt J62 (GCR Class 5) 0-6-0ST Locomotives— LNER Encyclopedia

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