The Great Northern Railway class C2 locomotives is a scrapped 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.

The Ivatt C2 'Klondike' 4-4-2 Atlantics. Towards the end of the Nineteenth Century, the Great Northern Railway's (GNR) passenger locomotive stock was having difficulties keeping up with traffic developments. The single-wheelers of the day could not cope with the faster speeds and heavier loads that were being seen.

To meet the requirements for more engine power for trains in the Metropolitan district twenty new locomotives were built. These were tank engines of the ten-wheel type introduced at the beginning of 1898, slightly modified to render them specially suitable for running through the tunnels of the “Underground”.

The C2 class were initially distributed between the GNR’s main line sheds. In 1905, they were allocated to Kings Cross, Peterborough, Grantham, and Doncaster sheds. Their early duties consisted of the heavier expresses on the GNR main line from London to York.

One of the first locomotive types introduced by Ivatt, the first batch of ten GNR C2 (LNER C12) locomotives were built in 1898 for hauling suburban services in the West Riding. These were very successful, and a further fifty were built to operate London suburban services to replace the older and smaller Stirling 0-4-4Ts (LNER Classes G1 and G2 ).

Jul 21, 2011 · One of the first locomotive types introduced by Ivatt, the first batch of ten GNR C2 (LNER C12) locomotives were built in 1898 for hauling suburban services in the West Riding. These were very successful, and a further fifty were built to operate London suburban services to replace the older and smaller Stirling 0-4-4Ts (LNER Classes G1 and G2 ).

May 22, 2023 · LNER C12 (GNR C2) 4-4-2T Square tank version Introduced between 1898 and 1907 the C12s were initially used for Yorkshire’s West Riding and London suburban services. The tank and bunker corners were originally squared off but the later versions had rounded tank corners and flared bunkers.

Jul 5, 2023 · Britain's first 4-4-2 'Atlantic' type locomotives, the Great Northern Railway's (GNR) C1 small and large boiler were the predecessor to Gresley's A1, A3 and A4 4-6-2 'Pacific' engines on the East Coast Mainline.

Ivatt GNR Class C2. Weight: 62 tons (34 tons adhesion); Pressure: 170/175psi; Cyls: 17 x26; DW: 5ft 8; TE: 17,900/18,424 lbs. Built for the King's Cross suburban services but found to be not powerful enough so migrated to country sheds for branch line work.

The Great Northern Railway class C2 locomotives is a scrapped 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.