G&SWR 131 Class

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{one source|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox locomotive |powertype=Steam |name = G&SWR 131 Class |image = |caption = |designer = [[Patrick Stirling (railway engineer)|Patrick Stirling]] |builder = [[R and W Hawthorn]] |builddate = 1864 |totalproduction = 10 |whytetype = [[0-4-2]] |gauge={{track gauge|ussg}} |leadingdiameter= |driverdiameter = {{convert|5|ft|0|in|abbr=on}} |trailingdiameter={{convert|3|ft|6|in|abbr=on}} |length = |locoweight= |wheelbase = {{convert|7|ft|2|in|abbr=on}} + {{convert|7|ft|1|in|abbr=on}} |fueltype = Coal |fuelcap = |watercap = |cylindercount= two |cylindersize = {{convert|16|x|22|in|abbr=on}} |firearea = |boilerpressure = {{convert|120|psi|MPa|2|abbr=on}} |tractiveeffort = |operatorclass= |withdrawndate=1883-1895 |disposition= All scrapped }} The [[Glasgow and South Western Railway]] (GSWR) '''131 class''' was a class of ten [[0-4-2]] steam locomotives designed in 1864. They were by [[Patrick Stirling (railway engineer)|Patrick Stirling]]'s fifth 0-4-2 design for the railway.

== Development == The ten examples of this class were designed by [[Patrick Stirling (railway engineer)|Patrick Stirling]] for the GSWR and were built by [[R and W Hawthorn]] (Works Nos. 1222-31) in 1864. They were numbered 131–40.{{sfn|Baxter|1984|page=141}} The members of the class were fitted with [[Steam dome|domeless]] [[boiler]]s and [[safety valve]]s over the [[firebox (steam engine)|firebox]], these were later replaced by those of [[John Ramsbottom (engineer)|Ramsbottom]] design over the centre of the boiler following a boiler explosion at [[Springhill, Glasgow|Springhill]] in 1876.{{sfn|Baxter|1984|pp=139-140}} The original weather boards were also replaced by Stirling cabs.

Eight of the class were rebuilt as 0-4-2 [[tank locomotive]]s between 1880 and 1886.

==Withdrawal == The locomotives were withdrawn between 1883 and 1895.

== References == {{reflist}} {{refbegin}} * {{cite book| last=Baxter| first=Bertram| title=British locomotive catalogue 1825-1923, volume 4: Scottish and remaining English Companies in the LMS Group | publisher=Moorland Publishing| year=1984| location=Buxton |editor-last=Baxter |editor-first=David |isbn=0-903485-53-2 |ol=25432141M |oclc=59913101 }} {{refend}}

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