LMS diesel shunter 7052

LMS diesel shunter 7052 was an experimental 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunting locomotive, introduced by the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSR) in 1934 and which remained in service with that railway for six years. It was later acquired for military use until 1966.

LMS 7052
Type and origin Power type Diesel-mechanical Builder Hunslet Engine Company Build date January 1934 Total produced 1
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0DM  • UIC C Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Wheel diameter 3 ft 4 in (1.016 m) Wheelbase 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) Length 24 ft 8.5 in (7.53 m) Width 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) Height 12 ft 1 in (3.68 m) Loco weight 25.5 long tons (25.9 t) Fuel capacity 100 imp gal (450 l; 120 US gal) Prime mover McLaren-Benz 8MDB 8-cyl Transmission Hunslet Engine Co. Train heating None Loco brake Air Train brakes None
Performance figures Maximum speed 8 mph (13 km/h) Power output 150 hp (112 kW) at 1000 rpm Tractive effort Max: 13,200 lbf (58.7 kN)
Career Operators London, Midland and Scottish Railway War Department Numbers LMS 7052 WD 24 Withdrawn See text Disposition Scrapped

History

No. 7052 locomotive was an experimental locomotive built by the Hunslet Engine Company at their Leeds works in 1934. It carried an original number of 7402 only within the works and was delivered as LMSR as number 7052. For six years it was used for shunting at Leeds before being loaned to the Air Ministry in 1940.[1] It was loaned to the War Department between 1940-1942, which numbered it 24. It was withdrawn from LMS stock in December 1943 and sold for use at RNAD Broughton Moor, near Maryport, for which use it was flameproofed by Hunslet. After withdrawal in 1966, it was sold to a scrap metal company in Long Marston, which used it as a yard shunter for a further three years, after which it was scrapped.[2]

Footnotes

1. Marsden 1981, pp. Notes.
2. Strickland 1983, p. 23.

References

• Marsden, Colin (1981). The diesel shunter: a pictorial record. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0860931080.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Strickland, David C. (September 1983). Locomotive Directory: Every Single One There Has Ever Been. Camberley, Surrey: Diesel and Electric Group. ISBN 978-0-9063-7510-5. OCLC 16601890.