G&SWR 34 Class

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G&SWR 34 Class
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer Patrick Stirling
Builder R & W Hawthorn
Build date1858-59
Total produced10
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 0-4-2
Gauge 4 ft 8+12 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 2.5 in (2.197 m) + 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Loco weight26 LT 16 cwt (27.2 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Cylinders two, outside
Cylinder size 16 in × 22 in (410 mm × 560 mm)
Career
Withdrawn1874-1876
DispositionAll scrapped

The Glasgow and South Western Railway (GSWR) 34 class was a class of ten 0-4-2 steam locomotives designed in 1858.

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Development

The ten examples of this class were designed by Patrick Stirling for the GSWR and were built by R & W Hawthorn (Works Nos. 1034-43) between July 1858 and January 1859. They were numbered 34, 36, 32, 25, 110–115. [1] The members of the class were fitted with domeless boilers and safety valves over the firebox.

Withdrawal

The locomotives were withdrawn by James Stirling between 1874 and 1876.

References

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