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GNR/LNER Stirling "J52" Class 0-6-0ST

**Class Types**
GNR Class	J13
LNER Class	J52

General

Designer

Patrick Stirling

Introduced

1894

Pre-Grouping Company

Great Northern Railway

Grouping Company

London and North Eastern Railway

Description (1957)

Class J52 Stirling and Ivatt 4'8" 0-6-0ST's constructed for the Great Northern. Built between 1892 and 1909 there were originally 137 locomotives in the class. The earlier engines had domeless boilers as first built, some being fitted with condensing apparatus for working through the Metropolitan tunnels. Nos. 68845 and 68816 have been renumbered 1 and 2 in the Departmental stock. Withdrawals have been heavy since 1954.

Wheel Arrangement

0-6-0ST

Number Built as J52

Number Scrapped

136

Number Preserved

First in Service

08/1897

Last in Service

03/1961

Manufacturers

Manufacturer	Total
Doncaster Works	81
Neilson, Reid & Co.	20
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd	10
Sharp Stewart	25

Orders

Builder	Sponsor	Order #	Date	Size
Doncaster Works		203	1897	10
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd		n/a	1898	10
Sharp Stewart		n/a	1899	25
Doncaster Works		227	1901	20
Doncaster Works		242	1905	10
Doncaster Works		257	1908	10

**Illustration**

Copyright: Alan Whitehead c/o 53A Models

**Power**
	J52/1	J52/2
Variant Introduced	1922	1897

**Wheels**
	J52/1	J52/2

**Dimensions**
	J52/1	J52/2

**Boiler & Firebox**
	J52/1	J52/2

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