0-6-0ST Class J52 LNER Profile and Models

0-6-0ST Class J52 LNER

1247 at the National Railway Museum in York in January 2016. ©Alan Wilson

The Great Northern Railway (GNR) Class J13, classified J52 by the LNER is a class of 0-6-0ST steam locomotive intended primarily for shunting. The Class J13 were introduced in 1897 designed by Henry Ivatt based on the earlier domeless GNR Class J14 (LNER Class J53). Eighty-five J13s were built up to 1909. Several J14s were rebuilt as J13s from 1922. Some locomotives were fitted with condensing apparatus for working on the Metropolitan Railway. Condensing apparatus was added to, or removed from, locomotives when they were allocated to, or away from, the London area. The LNER reclassified the J13 as J52. They also introduced two subclasses, J52/1 for the rebuilt engines and J52/2 for the originals. Forty-eight J52/1s and 85 J52/2s passed to British Railways in 1948 and they were numbered 68757–68889. One, 8846 was privately preserved by Captain Bill Smith in 1959 and became the first locomotive to be privately preserved from BR. In 1980 it was donated to the National Railway Museum and made regular visits to other preserved railways and museums on its two Boiler Ticket durations in preservation.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

Doncaster Works
Robert Stephenson & Co
Sharp, Stewart & Co

Build Dates

1897 to 1909

Total Built

85

Tractive Effort

21,735 lbf

Wheel Configuration

0-6-0ST

Operated By

Great Northern Railway
London & North Eastern Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Shunting

In Service Until

1961

Surviving Examples

1

 

Products awaiting categorisation

Scale Brand Image Construction Type DCC Capability Product Code Product Title Livery
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) BEC White Metal J52 LNER Class J52 saddle tank loco kit Requires assembly Not set J52
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LNER Class J52 saddle tank loco kit Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) BEC White Metal No image available Not set Not set KB008
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Class J52 0-6-0 8790 in LNER black - built from BEC kit - non runner Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Rapido Trains UK No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled DCC Ready. 18-pin socket 958013
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Class J52/2 0-6-0ST 1247 in GNR lined green (2023 Museum Condition) - exclusive to Locomotion Models GNR - Great Northern Railway
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Rapido Trains UK No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled DCC fitted, with sound 958513
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Class J52/2 0-6-0ST 1247 in GNR lined green (2023 Museum Condition) - Digital Sound Fitted - exclusive to Locomotion Models GNR - Great Northern Railway