G&SWR 52 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 52 Class |image = |caption = |designer = [[Patrick Stirling (railway engineer)|Patrick Stirling]] |builder = [[Kilmarnock Locomotive Works]] |builddate = 1864-6 |totalproduction = 6 |whytetype = [[0-4-0]] |gauge={{track gauge|ussg}} |leadingdiameter= |driverdiameter = {{convert|5|ft|0|in|abbr=on}} |trailingdiameter = |length = |locoweight={{convert|26|lt|4|Lcwt|abbr=on}} |wheelbase = {{convert|8|ft|0|in|abbr=on}} |fueltype = Coal |fuelcap ={{convert|3|lt|abbr=on}} |watercap ={{convert|1200|impgal|abbr=on}} |cylindercount= two |cylindersize = {{convert|16|x|22|in|abbr=on}} |firearea = |boilerpressure = |tractiveeffort = |operatorclass= |withdrawndate=All withdrawn by 1903 |disposition= All scrapped }} The [[Glasgow and South Western Railway]] (GSWR) '''52 class''' was a class of six [[0-4-0]] steam goods locomotives designed in 1864, by [[Patrick Stirling (railway engineer)|Patrick Stirling]]. The design was later continued by a similar design by his brother [[James Stirling (engineer, born 1835)|James Stirling]].

== Development == The six examples of this class were designed by [[Patrick Stirling (railway engineer)|Patrick Stirling]] for the GSWR and were built by [[Kilmarnock Locomotive Works]] between 1864 and 1866, to replace earlier 0-4-0 goods locomotives inherited by the railway. They were numbered 52-57-.{{sfn|Baxter|1984|page=141}} The members of the class were fitted with weather boards, later replaced by Stirling cabs. The [[safety valve]]s over the [[firebox (steam engine)|firebox]] 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 class was later perpetuated by Stirling's brother James Stirling in his [[G&SWR 65 class|65 class]] goods locomotives.

==Withdrawal == The locomotives were all withdrawn by 1903.

== 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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