# G&SWR 45 Class 2-2-2

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Not to be confused with [G&SWR 45 Class 0-6-2T](/source/G%26SWR_45_Class_0-6-2T), designed by [Peter Drummond](/source/Peter_Drummond_(engineer)).

G&SWR 45 Class Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Patrick Stirling Builder Kilmarnock Locomotive Works Build date 1865-1868 Total produced 11 Specifications Configuration: ​ • Whyte 2-2-2 Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Leading dia. 3 ft 7 in (1.09 m) Driver dia. 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Trailing dia. 3 ft 7 in (1.09 m) Loco weight 28 LT 9.75 cwt (63,812 lb; 28.945 t) Fuel type Coal Boiler pressure 125 psi (860 kPa) Cylinders two, outside Cylinder size 16 in × 24 in (410 mm × 610 mm) Career Withdrawn 1884-1887 Disposition All scrapped

The [Glasgow and South Western Railway](/source/Glasgow_and_South_Western_Railway) (GSWR) **45 class** was a class of eleven [2-2-2](/source/2-2-2) steam locomotives designed in 1865, an enlarged version of his [40 class](/source/G%26SWR_40_Class) intended for express passenger duties.

## Development

Eleven examples of this final express passenger class designed by [Patrick Stirling](/source/Patrick_Stirling_(railway_engineer)) for the FSWR were built at [Kilmarnock Locomotive Works](/source/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.[1] The members of the class were fitted with [domeless](/source/Steam_dome) [boilers](/source/Boiler) and [safety valves](/source/Safety_valve) over the [firebox](/source/Firebox_(steam_engine)). The safety valves were later replaced by those of [Ramsbottom](/source/John_Ramsbottom_(engineer)) design over the centre of the boiler following a boiler explosion at [Springhill](/source/Springhill%2C_Glasgow) in 1876.[2] They were fitted with Stirling’s own design of cab and open fan-like splashers.[3]

## Withdrawal

The class were withdrawn [Hugh Smellie](/source/Hugh_Smellie) between 1884 and 1887.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaxter1984138–139_1-0)** [Baxter 1984](#CITEREFBaxter1984), pp. 138–139.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaxter1984138–140_2-0)** [Baxter 1984](#CITEREFBaxter1984), pp. 138–140.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaxter1984139_3-0)** [Baxter 1984](#CITEREFBaxter1984), p. 139.

- Baxter, Bertram (1984). Baxter, David (ed.). *British locomotive catalogue 1825-1923, volume 4: Scottish and remaining English Companies in the LMS Group*. Buxton: Moorland Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-903485-53-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-903485-53-2). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [59913101](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/59913101). [OL](/source/OL_(identifier)) [25432141M](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25432141M).

v t e Glasgow and South Western Railway locomotives Peter Robertson (1850-1853) 86 Patrick Stirling (1853-1866) 2 9 23 34 40 45 46 52 58 95 99 103 105 131 141 James Stirling (1866-1878) 6 8 13 65 75 113 157 187 208 218 221 Hugh Smellie (1878-1890) 1 22 119 153 157 218 (1881) 291 James Manson (1890-1912) 8 11 14 17 18 128 160 194 224 240 266 272 281 306 326 361 381 336 Rail motor Peter Drummond (1912-1918) 5 14 45 131 137 279 403 Robert Whitelegg (1918-1923) 1 394 540

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