The Great Central Railway Class 8B was a class of 27 two-cylinder steam locomotives of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement built between 1903 and 1906, nicknamed Jersey Lillies after the music star Lillie Langtry. The railway ordered two pairs of different locomotives from the North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow in 1903, one pair the 4-6-0 Class 8C and the other this 4-4-2 design, with as many shared components as possible. Because traffic grew less than expected, no more Class 8Cs were built and a further 25 Class 8Bs were ordered between 1904 and 1906 with larger fireboxes. The rest of the class began to be withdrawn from 1947, and none survived into preservation.
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the Great Central Railway placed an order for two pairs of different locomotives from the North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow in 1903
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built between 1903 and 1906 for the Great Central Railway
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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
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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
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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
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The rest of the class began being withdrawn from 1947
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the Great Central Railway placed an order for two pairs of different locomotives from the North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow in 1903
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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
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