G&SWR 9 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 9 Class |image = |caption = |designer = [[Patrick Stirling (railway engineer)|Patrick Stirling]] |builder = [[Neilson and Company]] |builddate = 1857 |totalproduction = 7 |whytetype = [[0-4-2]] |gauge={{track gauge|ussg}} |leadingdiameter= |driverdiameter = {{convert|5|ft|0|in|abbr=on}} |trailingdiameter ={{convert|3|ft|6|in|abbr=on}} |length = |locoweight= |wheelbase = {{convert|7|ft|2.5|in|abbr=on}} + {{convert|6|ft|5|in|abbr=on}} |fueltype = Coal |fuelcap = |watercap = |cylindercount= two, outside |cylindersize = {{convert|16|x|22|in|abbr=on}} |firearea = |boilerpressure = |tractiveeffort = |operatorclass= |withdrawndate=1875-1876 |disposition= All scrapped }} The [[Glasgow and South Western Railway]] (GSWR) '''9 class''' was a class of seven [[0-4-2]] steam locomotives designed in 1857, as an enlarged version of the [[G&SWR 105 Class|105 class]].

== Development == The seven examples of this class were designed by [[Patrick Stirling (railway engineer)|Patrick Stirling]] for the GSWR and were built by [[Neilson and Company]] (Works Nos. 398-404) between November and December 1857. They were numbered 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 30, and 33.<ref name=Baxter>{{cite book | last = Baxter | first = Bertram | title =British locomotive catalogue 1825-1923 | publisher = Moorland Publishing | volume =4 | year = 1984 | location =Buxton | pages= 139–140 }}</ref> The members of the class were fitted with [[Steam dome|domed]] [[boiler]]s and [[safety valve]]s over the [[firebox (steam engine)|firebox]].

==Withdrawal == No 174 was withdrawn after an accident at [[Dalbeattie railway station|Dalbeattie]] in 1874, and No.20 suffered a boiler explosion at [[Springhill, Glasgow]] in March 1876. The remainder were withdrawn by [[James Stirling (1835–1917)|James Stirling]] between 1874 and 1876.

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