GS&WR 52 & 60 Classes
No. 60 at Abbeyleix 1909
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerJ Aspinall
BuilderInchicore
Build date1883—1895
Total produced30 plus 15 in class 60
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4-4-0
Gauge5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Leading dia.3 ft 0 in (910 mm)
Driver dia.6 ft 7 in (2,010 mm)
Length27 ft 6+1⁄2 in (8,395 mm)
Axle load12.4 long tons (12.6 t)
Loco weight36.4 long tons (37.0 t)
Water cap.2,730 imp gal (12,400 L; 3,280 US gal)
Boiler pressure160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa)
Cylinders2
Cylinder size17 in × 22 in (432 mm × 559 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort10,940 lbf (48.66 kN)
Career
Operators
ClassD17/D14/D13 (Inchicore)
Number in class30+15
Numbers1,3,4,9,11,12,14,16,18,20,52—59,97,98
60—65,85—89,93—96
LocaleIreland
Withdrawn1959
Details for Class 52 as built[1]: 67–72 

The Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) Class 52 consisted of twenty 4-4-0 express passenger tender locomotives designed by John Aspinall. Aspinall also built a further fifteen similar but slightly larger locomotives of GS&WR Class 60.[1]: 67–72 

The locomotives were built soon after Aspinall took up his post, and were to an extent a derivation of an Alexander McDonnell 2-4-0 design incorporating the same boiler but having a leading bogie.[2]: 148–150 

Improved Class 60

The Class 60 was a more powerful evolution of Class 52, being slightly heavier and having an increased tractive effort.[3]

Service

The GSR Class 52 was initially deployed on fast express main-line services, and were almost immediately displayed to more secondary duties by the GS&WR Class 60.[1] The arrival of the GS&WR Class 301 and later more powerful locomotives seen them all displaced to secondary routes. They were even known to work Dublin to Bray suburban services on very rare occasions despite their large diameter wheels being less suitable for fast acceleration.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael (2008). Locomotives of the GSR. Colourpoint Books. ISBN 9781906578268.
  2. ↑ Murray, K. A.; McNeil, D.B. (1976). The Great Southern & Western Railway. Irish Record Railway Society. ISBN 0904078051.
  3. 1 2 Boocock, Colin (1 October 2009). "Locomotive Compendium Ireland" (1st ed.). Ian Allan. p. 15. ISBN 9780711033603.
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