LMS diesel shunter 7052 was an experimental 0-6-0

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shunting locomotive A switcher, shunter, yard pilot, switch engine, yard goat, or shifter is a small railroad locomotive used for manoeuvring railroad cars inside a rail yard in a process known as ''switching'' (US) or ''shunting'' (UK). Switchers are not inten ...

, introduced by the

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(LMSR) in 1934 and which remained in service with that railway for six years. It was later acquired for military use until 1966.

History

No. 7052 locomotive was an experimental locomotive built by the

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at their

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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

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in 1940. It was loaned to the

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between 1940 and 1942, which numbered it 24. It was withdrawn from LMS stock in December 1943 and sold for use at

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, near

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, 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 A switcher, shunter, yard pilot, switch engine, yard goat, or shifter is a small railroad locomotive used for manoeuvring railroad cars inside a rail yard in a process known as ''switching'' (US) or ''shunting'' (UK). Switchers are not inten ...

for a further three years, after which it was scrapped.

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References

* * {{LMS Locomotives 7052 Diesel shunter War Department locomotives Hunslet locomotives C locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1934 Standard gauge locomotives of Great Britain Scrapped locomotives