owned by the National Railway Museum is on loan to the Great Central Railway (preserved) at Loughborough. It is currently (2008) operational and used on demonstration goods trains. Three Robinson-designed locomotives are preserved in Australia 2-8-0 ROD ROD 1984 (later J & A Brown No. 20) preserved by the Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum 2-8-0 ROD ROD 2003 (later J & A Brown No. 24) this loco was actually built by the GCR at Gorton Works and is preserved by the Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum 2-8-0 ROD ROD 2004 (later J & A Brown No. 23) this loco was actually built by the GCR at Gorton Works and is preserved by the Richmond Vale Railway Museum References Notes Bibliography Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Robinson, John George by George W. Carpenter External links Robinson 2-8-0 John G. Robinson at www.lner.info http://www.steamindex.com/people/robinson.htm 1856 births 1943 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Locomotive builders and designers English railway mechanical engineers Great Central Railway people People educated at Chester City Grammar School