GER 552 Class

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Massey Bromley
Builder	Kitson and Company
Build date	1882
Total produced	10

GER 552 Class
GER 552 Class
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Massey Bromley
Builder	Kitson and Company
Build date	1882
Total produced	10
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operators
Career
Operators	Great Eastern Railway
Numbers	552-561
Withdrawn	1904–1906
Disposition	All scrapped

The GER 552 Class was a class of ten 0-6-0 tender locomotives built by Kitson and Company for the Great Eastern Railway in 1882.^[1]^[2]^: 48

History

The 552 Class was unusual in having their footplate raised clear of the driving wheels, leaving them exposed.^[1] T. W. Worsdell replaced Massey Bromley as Locomotive Superintendent at the same time as the class was being built, and he produced his own 0-6-0 design with the Y14 class. Those had larger boilers and smaller driving wheels, giving a higher tractive effort.^[2]

Under James Holden, the 552 Class were given larger cylinders and newer boilers. By this time they were mostly relegated to ballast train duties. The entire class was withdrawn and scrapped between 1904 and 1906.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "No.552". www.gersociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c Baxter, Bertram (2012). Baxter, David; Mitchell, Peter (eds.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 6: Great Eastern Railway, North British Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway, Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway, remaining companies in the LNER group. Southampton: Kestrel Railway Books. ISBN 978-1-905505-26-5.