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 dia. 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Career Withdrawn 1888-1893 Disposition All scrapped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The locomotives were withdrawn between 1888 and 1893.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.