# G&SWR 52 Class

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G&SWR 52 Class Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Patrick Stirling Builder Kilmarnock Locomotive Works Build date 1864-6 Total produced 6 Specifications Configuration: ​ • Whyte 0-4-0 Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) Wheelbase 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m) Loco weight 26 LT 4 cwt (26.6 t) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 3 LT (3.0 t) Water cap. 1,200 imp gal (5,500 L; 1,400 US gal) Cylinders two Cylinder size 16 in × 22 in (410 mm × 560 mm) Career Withdrawn All withdrawn by 1903 Disposition All scrapped

The [Glasgow and South Western Railway](/source/Glasgow_and_South_Western_Railway) (GSWR) **52 class** was a class of six [0-4-0](/source/0-4-0) steam goods locomotives designed in 1864, by [Patrick Stirling](/source/Patrick_Stirling_(railway_engineer)). The design was later continued by a similar design by his brother [James Stirling](/source/James_Stirling_(engineer%2C_born_1835)).

## Development

The six examples of this class were designed by [Patrick Stirling](/source/Patrick_Stirling_(railway_engineer)) for the GSWR and were built by [Kilmarnock Locomotive Works](/source/Kilmarnock_Locomotive_Works) between 1864 and 1866, to replace earlier 0-4-0 goods locomotives inherited by the railway. They were numbered 52-57-.[1] The members of the class were fitted with weather boards, later replaced by Stirling cabs. The [safety valves](/source/Safety_valve) over the [firebox](/source/Firebox_(steam_engine)) 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] The class was later perpetuated by Stirling's brother James Stirling in his [65 class](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=G%26SWR_65_class&action=edit&redlink=1) goods locomotives.

## Withdrawal

The locomotives were all withdrawn by 1903.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaxter1984141_1-0)** [Baxter 1984](#CITEREFBaxter1984), p. 141.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaxter1984139–140_2-0)** [Baxter 1984](#CITEREFBaxter1984), pp. 139–140.

- 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).

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