G&SWR 2 Class

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Patrick Stirling
Builder	Kilmarnock Locomotive Works
Build date	1857-1860
Total produced	13

Specifications
Configuration	2-2-2
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.	3 ft 6 in (1.07 m)
Driver dia.	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Trailing dia.	3 ft 6 in (1.07 m)
Fuel type	Coal
Cylinders	two, outside
Cylinder size	16 in × 21 in (410 mm × 530 mm)

Career
Withdrawn	1874-1875
Disposition	All scrapped

The Glasgow and South Western Railway (GSWR) 2 class is a class of thirteen 2-2-2 steam locomotives designed in 1857 by Patrick Stirling and intended for express passenger duties.

Development

Patrick Stirling was appointed locomotive superintendent of the GSWR in 1853 and set about designing the new Kilmarnock Locomotive Works which was opened in 1856. This was his first class to be built at the works (Works Nos. 1-13).^[1] Most members of the class had domeless boilers but some may have had domed boilers and column type Safety valves above the firebox.

Withdrawal

The class were withdrawn by James Stirling between 1874 and 1880.

References

↑ Baxter, Bertram (1984). British locomotive catalogue 1825-1923. 4. Buxton: Moorland Publishing. p. 138.

Glasgow and South Western Railway locomotives

Peter Robertson (1850-1853)	86

Patrick Stirling (1853-1866)	2 9 23 34 40 45 46 52 58 95 99 103 105 131 141

James Stirling (1866-1878)	6 8 13 65 75 113 157 187 208 218 221

Hugh Smellie {1878-1890)	1 22 119 153 157 218 (1881) 291

James Manson (1890-1912)	8 14 17 18 128 160 194 224 240 266 272 281 306 326 361 381 336 Rail motor

Peter Drummond (1912-1918)	5 14 45 131 137 279 403

Robert Whitelegg (1918-1923)	1 394 540

Miscellaneous	-

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