# GS&WR Class 52

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The **[Great Southern and Western Railway](/source/Great_Southern_and_Western_Railway) (GS&WR) Class 52** consisted of twenty [4-4-0](/source/4-4-0) express passenger tender locomotives designed by [John Aspinall](/source/John_Aspinall_(engineer)). 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](/source/GS%26WR_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](/source/GS%26WR_Class_301) and later more powerful locomotives seen them all displaced to secondary routes. They were even known to work [Dublin](/source/Dublin) to [Bray](/source/Bray,_County_Wicklow) suburban services on very rare occasions despite their large diameter wheels being less suitable for fast acceleration.[3]

## References

1. Clements, Jeremy & McMahon, Michael (2008). *Locomotives of the GSR*. Colourpoint Books. ISBN 9781906578268.

1. Murray, K. A. & McNeil, D.B. (1976). *The Great Southern & Western Railway*. Irish Record Railway Society. ISBN 0904078051.

1. Boocock, Colin (1 October 2009). *"Locomotive Compendium Ireland"*. 1st ed. Ian Allan. p. 15. ISBN 9780711033603.

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