G&SWR 52 Class

G&SWR 52 Class

Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Patrick Stirling Builder Kilmarnock Locomotive Works Build date 1864-6 Total produced 6

Specifications Configuration 0-4-0 Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) Wheelbase 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m) Loco weight 26 LT (26.4172 t) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 3 LT (3.0 t) Water cap 1,200 imp gal (5,500 l; 1,400 US gal) Cylinders two Cylinder size 16 in × 22 in (410 mm × 560 mm)

Career Withdrawn All withdrawn by 1903 Disposition All scrapped

The Glasgow and South Western Railway (GSWR) 52 class was a class of six 0-4-0 steam goods locomotives designed in 1864, by Patrick Stirling. The design was later continued by a similar design by his brother James Stirling (1835–1917).

Development

The six examples of this class were designed by Patrick Stirling for the GSWR and were built by Kilmarnock Locomotive Works between 1864 and 1866, to replace earlier 0-4-0 goods locomotives inherited by the railway. They were numbered 52-57-.^[1] The members of the class were fitted with weather boards, later replaced by Stirling cabs. The safety valves over the firebox were later replaced by those of Ramsbottom design over the centre of the boiler following a boiler explosion at Springhill in 1876.^[2] The class was later perpetuated by Stirling’s brother James Stirling (1835–1917) in his 65 class goods locomotives.

Withdrawal

The locomotives were all withdrawn by 1903.

References

1. Baxter, Bertram (1984). British locomotive catalogue 1825-1923. 4. Buxton: Moorland Publishing. p. 141.
2. Bertram (1984), p.139-140.