Great Western Railway 2-6-2T No. 5552
Bodmin, Cornwall, UK 		Location: Bodmin Railway
Status: Operational
Posted: Jul 5, 2024 @ 06:07:28 by Russell Newman
The ex GWR Small Prairie 2-6-2T No. 5552, is visiting the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway for their Annual Steam Gala from the 13th to 15th of September 2024.
Posted: Jul 7, 2023 @ 11:07:28 by Russell Newman
With its overhaul now completed, the ex GWR Small Prairie 2-6-2T No. 5552 has now left Leaky Finders and has returned home to the Bodmin Railway (which is the new name for the Bodmin & Wenford Railway now) for testing and final painting before entering service.
Posted: Feb 27, 2023 @ 13:02:04 by Russell Newman
The boiler of ex GWR Small Prairie 2-6-2T No. 5552 has undergone a steam test today at Leaky Finders and has passed successfully and will now be returned to the mainframes of the locomotive when the cladding is refitted.
Posted: Feb 9, 2022 @ 15:02:21 by Russell Newman
The ex GWR Small Prairie 2-6-2T No. 5552 has been relocated to Leaky Finders at Hele near Exeter in Devon, where the locomotive is now being overhauled in their brand new heavy engineering workshop there.
Posted: Nov 6, 2017 @ 16:11:33 by Steve Frost
The original smokebox number plate which had been in private hands since the 1960s has been returned to the loco by the family of the late owner.
Posted: Aug 31, 2011 @ 11:08:38 by Alexander Simpson
Restoration is now complete and 5552 was running in service on 25th August 2011
Posted: Nov 16, 2004 @ 07:11:54 by Steve Llanso's Locobase

Here's some data for the Great Western 2-6-2Ts numbered in the 5500 series:

Weight on drivers: 107,408 lb (47 t 19 cwt)

Driver diameter: 55 1/2"

Tractive effort: 21,245 lb

Boiler pressure: 200 psi

Cylinders: 17" x 24"