GCR Class 9J

The GCR Class 9J was a class of 174 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed by John G. Robinson for freight work on the Great Central Railway in 1901. They were a part of the Railway Operating Division during World War 1. The class acquired the nickname "Pom-Poms" due to the similarity of their exhaust noise to that of the "Pom-Pom" quick-firing gun used in the South African War.

Career

London and North Eastern Railway

They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. The LNER classified them as J11 with sub-classes J11/1 to J11/5 because of detail differences.

British Railways

The whole class survived into British Railways ownership in 1948 and their BR numbers were 64280–64453. All had been withdrawn and scrapped by 1962 and none have been preserved.