gcr-8k

The GCR Class 8K is covered in the ROD 2-8-0 entry — Robinson's Great Central Railway 8K Class 2-8-0 goods locomotive that was adopted as the standard Railway Operating Division (War Department) locomotive for the First World War Western Front. One example, No. 63601, is preserved at the Great Central Railway, Loughborough. See the ROD entry for full details.

Design and development

See ROD 2-8-0 entry.

Service and withdrawals

See ROD 2-8-0 entry.

Identification features

See GCR 8K / ROD.

Notable locomotives

  • See GCR 8K / ROD

Livery history

See GCR 8K / ROD.