G&SWR 6 Class

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{one source|date=December 2014}} {{Infobox locomotive |powertype=Steam |name = G&SWR 6 Class |image = |caption = |designer = [[James Stirling (1835–1917)]] |builder = [[Kilmarnock Locomotive Works]] |builddate = 1873-1877 |totalproduction = 22 |whytetype = [[4-4-0]] |gauge={{RailGauge|ussg}} |leadingdiameter={{convert|3|ft|7|in|abbr=on}} |driverdiameter = {{convert|7|ft|1|in|abbr=on}} |trailingdiameter = |length = |locoweight={{convert|39|lt|abbr=on}} |wheelbase = {{convert|4|ft|10|in|abbr=on}} + {{convert|7|ft|2.75|in|abbr=on}} |fueltype = Coal |fuelcap = |watercap ={{convert|1800|impgal|abbr=on}} |cylindercount= two |cylindersize = {{convert|18|x|26|in|abbr=on}} |firearea = |boilerpressure = {{convert|140|psi|MPa|2|abbr=on}} |tractiveeffort = |operatorclass= |withdrawndate=1894-1901 |disposition= 17 renewed as [[G&SWR 194 Class]] remainder scrapped }} The [[Glasgow and South Western Railway]] (GSWR) '''6 class''' were a class of twenty-two [[4-4-0]] steam locomotives built in 1873. They were designed by [[James Stirling (1835–1917)|James Stirling]] to handle express passenger trains taken over from the [[Midland Railway]] at Carlisle between there and Glasgow on the newly opened [[Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway]].

== Development == The twenty-two examples of this class were designed by [[James Stirling (1835–1917)|James Stirling]] for the GSWR and built at [[Kilmarnock Locomotive Works]] (Works Nos. between 95 and 127) between 1873 and 1877. They were numbered irregularly, and not in chronological order between 3 and 115, to fill gaps in the sequence of running numbers.{{sfn|Baxter|1984|pages=147–148}} The members of the class were fitted with [[Steam dome|domeless]] [[boiler]]s and a cut away cab. The first locomotive (No. 6) was fitted with a spring balance type [[safety valve]], but the remainder had those of [[John Ramsbottom (engineer)|Ramsbottom]] design over the centre of the boiler.{{sfn|Baxter|1984|p=147}}

No. 106 was exhibited at the Darlington Exhibition in 1875.{{sfn|Baxter|1984|p=148}}

==Withdrawal == The bulk of the class, including all the rebuilds were 'renewed' (i.e. substantially rebuilt) as [[G&SWR 194 Class]] by [[James Manson (engineer)|James Manson]] between 1895 and 1900, but five were scrapped between 1894 and 1897.

== References == {{reflist}} {{refbegin}} * {{cite book| last=Baxter| first=Bertram| title=British locomotive catalogue 1825-1923| publisher=Moorland Publishing| volume=4| year=1984| location=Buxton}} {{refend}}

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