G&SWR 86 Class

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G&SWR 86 Class
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerPeter Robertson
BuilderR and W Hawthorn
Build date1852-1872
Total produced10
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte0-4-0
Gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
Fuel typeCoal
Boiler pressure95 psi (660 kPa)
Cylinderstwo
Cylinder size15 in × 20 in (380 mm × 510 mm)
Career
Withdrawn1872-1873
DispositionAll scrapped

The Glasgow and South Western Railway (GSWR) 86 class was a class of ten 0-4-0 steam locomotives designed in 1852.

Development[edit]

Peter Robertson, the locomotive superintendent of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway since 1840,remained in post following the merger of this railway with the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway to form the Glasgow and South Western Railway in 1850 until his resignation in 1853.. He ordered ten 0-4-0 locomotives with domeless boilers from R and W Hawthorn which were produced between August 1852 and December 1853. They were numbered 86–95, but the last two were renumbered 5 and 6 in 1854.[1]

Withdrawal[edit]

The class were withdrawn by James Stirling during 1872 and 1873.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Baxter, Bertram (1984). British locomotive catalogue 1825-1923. Vol. 4. Buxton: Moorland Publishing. p. 137.