G&SWR 46 Class

G&SWR 46 Class
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer Patrick Stirling
Builder Kilmarnock Locomotive Works
Build date 1862-1863
Total produced 6
Specifications
Configuration 0-6-0
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver diameter 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
Loco weight 30 LT (30.481407 t)
Fuel type Coal
Boiler pressure 125 psi (0.86 MPa)
Cylinders two
Cylinder size 16 in × 22 in (410 mm × 560 mm)
Career
Withdrawn 1888-1893
Disposition All scrapped

The Glasgow and South Western Railway (GSWR) 46 class is a class of six 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed in 1862. They were Patrick Stirling’s second 0-6-0 design for the railway.

Development

The six examples of this class were designed by Patrick Stirling for the GSWR and were built by Kilmarnock Locomotive Works (Works Nos. R4-R9) in 1864. They were numbered 46-51.[1] The members of the class were fitted with domeless boilers and safety valves over the firebox, and weatherboards rather than cabs.[2]

Withdrawal

The locomotives were withdrawn between 1888 and 1893.

References

  1. ↑ Baxter, Bertram (1984). British locomotive catalogue 1825-1923 4. Buxton: Moorland Publishing. p. 142.
  2. ↑ Bertram (1984), p. 142.


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