G&SWR 45 Class 2-2-2

{{one source|date=December 2016}} {{distinguish|text=[[G&SWR 45 Class 0-6-2T]], designed by [[Peter Drummond (engineer)|Peter Drummond]]}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox locomotive |powertype=Steam |name = G&SWR 45 Class |image = |caption = |designer = [[Patrick Stirling (railway engineer)|Patrick Stirling]] |builder = [[Kilmarnock Locomotive Works]] |builddate = 1865-1868 |totalproduction = 11 |whytetype = [[2-2-2]] |gauge={{track gauge|ussg}} |leadingdiameter={{convert|3|ft|7|in|abbr=on}} |driverdiameter = {{convert|7|ft|0|in|abbr=on}} |trailingdiameter ={{convert|3|ft|7|in|abbr=on}} |length = |locoweight={{convert|28|lt|9.75|Lcwt|lb t|abbr=on}} |fueltype = Coal |fuelcap = |watercap = |cylindercount= two, outside |cylindersize = {{convert|16|x|24|in|abbr=on}} |firearea = |boilerpressure = {{convert|125|psi|abbr=on}} |tractiveeffort = |operatorclass= |withdrawndate=1884-1887 |disposition= All scrapped }} The [[Glasgow and South Western Railway]] (GSWR) '''45 class''' was a class of eleven [[2-2-2]] steam locomotives designed in 1865, an enlarged version of his [[G&SWR 40 Class|40 class]] intended for express passenger duties.

== Development == Eleven examples of this final express passenger class designed by [[Patrick Stirling (railway engineer)|Patrick Stirling]] for the FSWR were built at [[Kilmarnock Locomotive Works]] at regular intervals between March 1865 and July 1868 (Works Nos. 32, 39-40, 43-4, 47-8, 50-53). They were numbered 45, 151-6, 84, 61, 16 & 79.{{sfn|Baxter|1984|pages=138–139}} The members of the class were fitted with [[Steam dome|domeless]] [[boiler]]s and [[safety valve]]s over the [[firebox (steam engine)|firebox]]. The safety valves 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=138-140}} They were fitted with Stirling’s own design of cab and open fan-like splashers.{{sfn|Baxter|1984|p=139}}

==Withdrawal == The class were withdrawn [[Hugh Smellie]] between 1884 and 1887.

== 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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