G&SWR 8 Class 2-4-0

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{one source|date=December 2014}} {{Infobox locomotive |powertype = Steam |name = G&SWR 8 class |image = |caption = |designer = [[James Stirling (1835–1917)]] |builder = [[Kilmarnock Locomotive Works]] |builddate = 1868–1870 |totalproduction = 15 |whytetype = {{whyte|2-4-0}} |gauge = {{track gauge|ussg}} |leadingdiameter = {{convert|3|ft|7|in|abbr=on}} |driverdiameter = {{convert|4|ft|6|in|abbr=on}} |trailingdiameter = |length = |locoweight = {{long ton|31|4.25}} |wheelbase = {{convert|7|ft|4|in|abbr=on}} + {{convert|8|ft|2|in|abbr=on}} |fueltype = Coal |fuelcap = |watercap = |cylindercount = Two |cylindersize = {{convert|17|x|24|in|abbr=on}} |firearea = |boilerpressure = {{convert|130|psi|kPa|0|abbr=on}} |tractiveeffort = |operator = [[Glasgow and South Western Railway]] |operatorclass = 8 |withdrawndate = 1900–1917 |disposition = All scrapped }} The [[Glasgow and South Western Railway]] (GSWR) '''8 class''' were a class of sixteen {{whyte|2-4-0}} steam locomotives built between 1868 and 1870.

The sixteen examples of this class were designed by [[James Stirling (1835–1917)|James Stirling]] for the GSWR and were built at [[Kilmarnock Locomotive Works]] (Works Nos. 49 and 54-67) between 1868 and 1870. They were numbered irregularly, and not in chronological order between 8 and 183, to fill gaps in the sequence of running numbers.{{sfn|Baxter|1984|page=144}} The members of the class were fitted with [[Steam dome|domeless]] [[boiler]]s and a cut away cab. They were fitted with spring balance type [[safety valve]]s, but this was replaced by those of the [[John Ramsbottom (engineer)|Ramsbottom]] design over the centre of the boiler.{{sfn|Baxter|1984|p=144}}

==Withdrawal == The bulk of the class, including all the rebuilds were scrapped between 1900 and 1905 but two survived until 1913 and 1917 respectively.

== 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}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:GandSWR 8 Class}} [[Category:Glasgow and South Western Railway locomotives|008]] [[Category:Standard-gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain]] [[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1868]] [[Category:Scrapped locomotives]] [[Category:2-4-0 locomotives]]