Great Central Railway

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Great Central Railway (GCR) is a railway company. It was succeeded by London & North Eastern Railway. Model Rail Database catalogues 23 scale models of Great Central Railway stock (10 locomotives, 8 coaches and 5 wagons), covering 4 locomotive classes, 1 coach family and 2 wagon classes, in 4 liveries. It is linked to 4 locomotive classes. Model Rail Database lists 2 people who held a post at Great Central Railway.

Timeline

  1. Grouped into London & North Eastern Railway

Connections

Succession

Livery coverage for Great Central Railway (4)

Counts of models in this catalogue, not of real vehicles. A livery can appear under more than one railway, as stock could keep an earlier owner’s colours until it was repainted.

Livery Locomotives Coaches Wagons
Grey 5
Lined Green 5
Lined Freight Black 4
Green 1

8 of its models have no livery recorded, so they aren’t counted here.

Classes modelled in this livery (7)

These are the classes model makers have produced in Great Central Railway livery, not a list of the fleet it ran.

Locomotives (10)

Great Central Railway Class 8K (1)

Catalogue # Maker Year Running # Model Scale Finish Era
31-001Y Bachmann 2010 1185 Great Central Railway Class 8K, Great Central Railway (Lined Freight Black) OO Pristine 2

Great Central Railway Class 9J (3)

Catalogue # Maker Year Running # Model Scale Finish Era
31-318K Bachmann 316 Great Central Railway Class 9J, Great Central Railway (Lined Freight Black) OO Pristine 2
31-322 Bachmann 2026 295 Great Central Railway Class 9J, Great Central Railway (Lined Freight Black) OO Pristine 2
31-322SF Bachmann 2026 295 Great Central Railway Class 9J, Great Central Railway (Lined Freight Black) OO Pristine 2

Great Central Railway Class 11F (5)

Catalogue # Maker Year Running # Model Scale Finish Era
31-145 Bachmann 506 Great Central Railway Class 11F, Great Central Railway (Lined Green) OO Pristine 2
31-145NRM Bachmann 506 Great Central Railway Class 11F, Great Central Railway (Lined Green) OO Pristine 2
31-145NRMP Bachmann 506 Great Central Railway Class 11F, Great Central Railway (Lined Green) OO Pristine 2
31-147 Bachmann 2016 501 Great Central Railway Class 11F, Great Central Railway (Lined Green) OO Pristine 2
31-147DS Bachmann 2018 502 Great Central Railway Class 11F, Great Central Railway (Lined Green) OO Pristine 2

Ruston & Hornsby 48DS (1)

Catalogue # Maker Year Running # Model Scale Finish Era
R30012 Hornby 2022 1 Ruston & Hornsby 48DS, Great Central Railway (Green) OO Pristine 10

Coaches (8)

Freelance Evolution (8)

Catalogue # Maker Year Running # Model Scale Finish Era
978017 Rapido Freelance Evolution Non-Corridor Brake Third, Great Central Railway OO Pristine 2
978018 Rapido 1854 Freelance Evolution Non-Corridor Brake Third, Great Central Railway OO Pristine 2
978019 Rapido 2291 Freelance Evolution Non-Corridor Third, Great Central Railway OO Pristine 2
978020 Rapido 1380 Freelance Evolution Non-Corridor Composite, Great Central Railway OO Pristine 2
978045 Rapido 2098 Freelance Evolution Non-Corridor First, Great Central Railway OO Pristine 2
978046 Rapido 1065 Freelance Evolution Non-Corridor Full Brake, Great Central Railway OO Pristine 2

Wagons (5)

British Railways 3 Plank Wagon (4)

Catalogue # Maker Year Running # Model Scale Finish Era
37-079K Bachmann 2015 8236 British Railways 3 Plank Wagon Great Central Railway (Grey) OO Pristine 2
37-942 Bachmann 2025 3118 British Railways 3 Plank Wagon Great Central Railway (Grey) OO Pristine 2
37-942A Bachmann 2025 3123 British Railways 3 Plank Wagon Great Central Railway (Grey) OO Pristine 2
377-511 Graham Farish 2025 3118 British Railways 3 Plank Wagon Great Central Railway (Grey) N Pristine 2

British Railways 5 Plank Wagon (1)

Catalogue # Maker Year Running # Model Scale Finish Era
37-079K Bachmann 2015 420 British Railways 5 Plank Wagon Great Central Railway (Grey) OO Pristine 2

Locomotive classes classified by Great Central Railway (4)

People who held a post at Great Central Railway (2)

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