G&SWR 131 Class

G&SWR 131 Class

Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Patrick Stirling Builder R and W Hawthorn Build date 1864 Total produced 10

Specifications Configuration 0-4-2 Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) Trailing dia. 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) Wheelbase 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) + 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Fuel type Coal Boiler pressure 120 psi (0.83 MPa) Cylinders two Cylinder size 16 in × 22 in (410 mm × 560 mm)

Career Withdrawn 1883-1895 Disposition All scrapped

The Glasgow and South Western Railway (GSWR) 131 class is a class of ten 0-4-2 steam locomotives designed in 1864. They were by Patrick Stirling’s fifth 0-4-2 design for the railway.

Development

The ten examples of this class were designed by Patrick Stirling for the GSWR and were built by R and W Hawthorn (Works Nos. 1222-31) in 1864. They were numbered 131-40.^[1] The members of the class were fitted with domeless boilers and safety valves over the firebox, these were later replaced by those of Ramsbottom design over the centre of the boiler following a boiler explosion at Springhill in 1876.^[2] The original weather boards were also replaced by Stirling cabs.

Eight of the class were rebuilt as 0-4-2 tank locomotives between 1880-1886.

Withdrawal

The locomotives were withdrawn between 1883 and 1895.

References

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