The Great Northern Railway class C2 locomotives were a class of 4-4-2 tank locomotives built by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) between 1898 and 1907. They were used on local and commuter passenger trains in Yorkshire and North London. They were withdrawn between 1957 and 1958.

Numbering

The GNR numbered them 1009A, 1010, 1013–1020 and 1501–1550. All passed to the

London and North Eastern Railway The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the " Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated from 1 January 1923 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948. At th ...

in 1923, who renumbered them by adding 3000 to their GNR number. In the post World War II renumbering scheme, the remaining 50 locomotives were renumbered 7350–7399. In 1948, the remaining 49 locomotives passed to

British Railways British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...

, who renumbered them by prefixing a 6 to their LNER number (i.e. 67350–67399).

References

External links

LNER Encyclopedia entry for LNER class C12 (GNR class C2)
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