GER 552 Class

The GER 552 Class was a class of 10 examples built in 1882 by Kitson and Company. They were a class of 0-6-0 Tender Engines, built for the Great Eastern Railway.
== History ==
The GER 552 Class was a class of 10 examples built in 1882 by Kitson and Company. They were a class of 0-6-0 Tender Engines, built for the Great Eastern Railway.
The 552 Class was in-fact, the most unusual 0-6-0 Tender Engines ever, having their footplating raised entirely clear of the wheels, Leaving the driving wheels exposed for everyone to see. Bromley was replaced as Locomotive Superintendent by T.W. Worsdell at the same time as these 10 engines were being built, and Worsdell produced his own 0-6-0 design (The Y14 class/J15 class), which had smaller driving wheels, giving a higher tractive effort, and larger boilers. Later – under James Holden – the ‘No. 552 Class’ were given larger cylinders and new boilers. By this time, they were mostly relegated to ballast train duties.
Although the Class was constructed in 1882, they were later on rebuilt in 1893, although this process resulted in very few external changes, it's believed that they had new boilers and they had new cylinders. Withdrawal of the class had occurred between 1904 and 1906, none of them had survived into LNER days nor the days of British Railways and every single one of them wound up being scrapped, rendering them extinct.
== Stock list ==
Loco No.	Image 	Build date	Rebuild date	Manufacturer 	Withdrawn	Status
552 	frameless	1882 	1893 	Kitson and Company	- 	Scrapped
553 	frameless	1882 	1893 	Kitson and Company	- 	Scrapped
554 	frameless	1882 	1893 	Kitson and Company	- 	Scrapped
555 	frameless	1882 	1893 	Kitson and Company	- 	Scrapped
556 	frameless	1882 	1893 	Kitson and Company	- 	Scrapped
557 	frameless	1882 	1893 	Kitson and Company	- 	Scrapped
558 	frameless	1882 	1893 	Kitson and Company	- 	Scrapped
559 	frameless	1882 	1893 	Kitson and Company	- 	Scrapped
560 	frameless	1882 	1893 	Kitson and Company	- 	Scrapped
561 	frameless	1882 	1893 	Kitson and Company	- 	Scrapped
==Models==
* A YouTuber/Railway modeller known to be Sam’sTrains had made A model of No. 552 using a 3D printer.Sam’sTrains - YouTube
== References ==
Category:0-6-0 locomotives
Category:0-6-0 steam locomotives
Category:GER Locomotives
Category:Obscure Locomotives
Category:Kitson and Company
Category:Kitson locomotives
Category:Great Eastern Railway
Category:Steam locomotives
Category:Tender locomotives
Category:United Kingdom
Category:GER
Category:Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain
Category:Locomotives
Category:Standard gauge locomotives
Category:Built in 1882
Category:Scrapped steam locomotives
Category:Scrapped locomotives
== External links ==
* GER 552 Class - Wikipedia