GCR Class 5


The GCR Class 5 was a class of twelve 0-6-0 steam tank locomotives designed by Harry Pollitt for work in docks operated by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway later renamed Great Central Railway.

History

These locomotives were designed by Pollitt for working at Grimsby and other dock locations. 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 The last example was withdrawn in 1951.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 was rebuilt in 1903 as an 0-6-2ST crane tank but reverted to its original form in 1918 after a collision.