Invention and Engineering

GCR Class 8B

The GCR Class 8B was a class of 27 two-cylinder steam locomotives of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement built between 1903 and 1906 for the Great Central Railway. They were nicknamed "Jersey Lillies" after the famous music star Lillie Langtry.

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See also

• ▸English Electric EL.100
• ▸GWR 2301 Class
• ▸August Borsig

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