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GER 552 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1882· class of 10 British 0-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 0-6-0 GER 552: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
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.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 144 years ago, in 1882.
- Served for 24 years (1882–1906).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1882
- in service from
- 1882
- retired
- 1906
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Kitson and Company
- designer
- Massey Bromley
- operators
- Great Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q123024307, Wikipedia: GER 552 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.