G&SWR 5 Class

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G&SWR 5 Class
(later G&SWR 322 Class)

No 9 at the former Glasgow Museum of Transport, 2007
Specifications
Power type Steam
Designer Peter Drummond
Builder North British Locomotive Company
Serial number 21519-21521
Build date 1917
Total produced 3
Configuration 0-6-0T
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver diameter 4 ft 2 in (1.27 m)
Locomotive weight 40 long tons (41 t)
Fuel type coal
Boiler pressure 160 psi (1,100 kPa)
Cylinders Two
Cylinder size 17 in × 22 in (432 mm × 559 mm)
Valve gear Walschaerts
Tractive effort 17,290 lbf (76.9 kN)
Career
Railroad(s) G&SWR  LMS
Class G&SWR: 5
Power class LMS: 2F
Withdrawn 1934 (two sold out of service)
Preserved 1
Restored 1964
Current owner Glasgow Riverside Museum
Disposition 2 scrapped 1 preserved

The G&SWR 5 Class were 0-6-0T steam locomotives designed by Peter Drummond for the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) and introduced in 1917.[1] They were originally numbered 5, 7 and 9. The class was originally designated 5 Class but, after the G&SWR's 1919 renumbering, this was changed to 322 Class and the locomotives were numbered 322-324

Ownership changes

All three locomotives passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923, and were numbered 16377-16379.[2] In 1934 the latter two were sold to Hatfield Colliery, where they became No. 5 and No. 7.[3] In 1947 they became the property of the National Coal Board, and the former 16379 was acquired by British Railways in 1963 for preservation. It was in Glasgow Museum of Transport until 2010 but has since been moved to the new Riverside Museum.

No.9 at the Riverside Museum Glasgow, 19 August 2012

References

  1. Baxter, Bertram (1984). British locomotive catalogue 1825-1923 4. Buxton: Moorland Publishing. pp. 167–168. 
  2. Casserley, H.C. and Johnston, S.W., Locomotives at the Grouping, No.3, London Midland and Scottish, Ian Allan, 1966, page 169
  3. Baxter (1984), pp.167-168.


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