The GCR Class 9Q, classified B7 by the LNER, was a class of 4-6-0 mixed traffic locomotives designed by John G. Robinson for fast goods, relief passenger and excursion services on the Great Central Railway.

The Robinson Class B7 (GCR Class 9Q) 4-6-0s. Robinson based his mixed traffic GCR Class 9Q (LNER B7) mixed traffic 4-6-0 design on the passenger B3 Lord Faringdon class. The two designs shared the same frame length, boiler, and cylinders, …

The GCR Class 9Q, classified B7 by the LNER, was a class of 4-6-0 mixed traffic locomotives designed by John G. Robinson for fast goods, relief passenger and excursion services on the Great Central Railway.

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.

GCR Class 9P was a design of four-cylinder steam locomotive of the 4-6-0 wheel arrangement built for hauling express passenger trains on the Great Central Railway in England. A total of six were built: one in 1917, and five in 1920.

Several GCR 9Q (LNER B7) 4-6-0s were at Neasden for the fast freight traffic and this one, No 461 was deployed from new in 1921 and is seen soon after on 11th May 1922. It became No 5461 and stayed until the mid-1930s.

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Oct 9, 2024 · The GCR Class 9Q, classified B7 by the LNER, was a class of 460 mixed traffic locomotives designed by John G. Robinson for fast goods, relief passenger and excursion services on the Great Central Railway.

Great Central Railway Class 9Q, 4-6-0, No. 34. In the latter years of the Great Central Railway, a new class of fast passenger locomotive was built, and this was the John G. Robinson designed Class 9P 4-6-0's.

A smaller wheeled version for fast freight services, known as the 9Q, was later designed by Robinson and some of the class were built by Beyer Peacock & Co. of Manchester in 1921. This image is the official Beyer Peacock works photograph of No. 34 - the locomotive being painted in grey for the occasion.