GWR 4575 Class No. 5526

No. 5526 is a GWR 4575 Class or 'Small Prairie' 2-6-2T steam locomotive built for the Great Western Railway (GWR). They were designed as small mixed traffic branch tank engine locomotives, mainly used on branch lines all over the Great Western Railway system.
==History==
No. 5526 was built at Swindon Works in 1928 and worked from many sheds in Devon and Cornwall: St Blazey, Bodmin, Exeter, Plymouth Millbay, Laira and Truro before being withdrawn from service from Westbury in 1962. 
No. 5526 was sent to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry scrap in November 1962. In 1985 is was purchased and became the 166th locomotive to be saved from the Barry scrapyard. It was moved to Buckfastleigh, where it was restored to working order for the South Devon Railway.
Over the years the locomotive has been loaned to various other heritage railways such as the Battlefield Line Railway in early 2020 and it is now currently on loan to the Gwili Railway. No. 5526's boiler ticket is set to expire in 2027.
==Trivia==
*No. 5526 is one of eleven surviving members of the GWR 4575 Class in preservation.
==Gallery==
File:Ex gwr prairie tank 55xx no 5526 by smurfydan dfcce90-fullview.jpg
File:GWR Prairie Class 4500 N° 5526.jpg
Category:Built in 1928
Category:South Devon Railway
Category:2-6-2 locomotives
Category:2-6-2 steam locomotives
Category:2-6-2T locomotives
Category:2-6-2T steam locomotives
Category:Tank locomotives
Category:Steam locomotives
Category:Locomotives
Category:Great Western Railway locomotives
Category:Standard gauge locomotives
Category:Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain
Category:Swindon Works locomotives
Category:Preserved locomotives
Category:Locomotives saved from the Woodham Brothers scrapyard
Category:Preserved steam locomotives