G&SWR 95 Class

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G&SWR 95 Class
Specifications
Power type Steam
Designer Patrick Stirling
Builder Neilson and Company
Build date 1855
Total produced 4
Configuration 2-2-2
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver diameter 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Fuel type Coal
Cylinders two, outside
Cylinder size 15 in × 20 in (380 mm × 510 mm)
Career
Withdrawn 1874–1875
Disposition All scrapped

The Glasgow and South Western Railway (GSWR) 956 class is a class of four 2-2-2 steam locomotives designed in 1855.

Development

Patrick Stirling was appointed locomotive superintendent of the GSWR in 1853 and this was his first design. They had domed boilers and column-type safety valves above the firebox (steam engine).[1] They were numbered 95-98.

Withdrawal

The class was withdrawn by James Stirling during 1874–5.

References

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


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