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GCR/LNER Robinson "B5" Class 4-6-0

**Class Types**
GCR Class	8
LNER Class	B5

General

Designer

John Robinson

Introduced

1902

Pre-Grouping Company

Great Central Railway

Grouping Company

London and North Eastern Railway

Description (1957)

Class B5, Robinson's 6'1" 2-cylinder 4-6-0's. A class of 14 engines, built 1902-4 and colloquially known as the 'Fish' class. All of the class scrapped by 1950.

Wheel Arrangement

4-6-0

Number Built as B5

Number Scrapped

First in Service

11/1902

Last in Service

12/06/1950

Manufacturers

Manufacturer	Total
Beyer Peacock Ltd.	8
Neilson, Reid & Co.	6

Orders

Builder	Sponsor	Order #	Date	Size
Neilson, Reid & Co.		E884	01/1902	6
Beyer Peacock Ltd.		9032	01/1904	8

**Illustration**

Copyright: Phil Seaford

**Power**
Variant Introduced	1902
Tractive Effort	19,672lbs
Outside Cylinders	19" x 26" (2 off)
Outside Valves	Slide
Outside Motion	Stephenson

**Wheels**
Pony	3' 6"
Drivers	6' 1"
Locomotive Wheelbase	26' 1¹⁄₂"
Tender Wheelbase	13'
Total Wheelbase	50' 8"
Descriptive Wheelbase	6' 6" + 5' 7½" + 7' 0" + 7' 0" + (11' 6½") + 6' 6" + 6' 6" = 50' 8"

**Dimensions**
Length (over buffers)	60' 9¹⁄₄"
Weight (in running order)	113t 8cwt
Weight (loco only)	65t 2cwt
Adhesive Weight	50t 18cwt
Maximum Axle Load	18t 0cwt
Water Capacity	4,000gal
Coal Capacity	6t 0cwt

**Boiler & Firebox**
Boiler Diagram	17Sup
Boiler Max Diameter	4' 9"
Boiler Barrel Length	15'
Boiler Pressure	180lbs
Boiler Pitch	8' 3¹⁄₂"
Firebox Type	Belpaire
Firebox Length	7' 9"
Firebox Grate Area	23.62ft²
Firebox Heating Surface	140ft²
Tube Number	94
Tube Diameter	2"
Tube Area	756ft²
Flue Elements	21
Flue Diameter	5¹⁄₄"
Flue Area	442ft²
Total Evaporative Area	1338ft²
Superheater Elements	21
Superheater Element Diameter	1¹⁄₁₆"
Superheater Element Area	230ft²
Total Heating Area	1568ft²

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