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G&SWR 95 Class

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Patrick Stirling
Builder	Neilson and Company
Build date	1855
Total produced	4

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	2-2-2
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Fuel type	Coal
Cylinders	two, outside
Cylinder size	15 in × 20 in (380 mm × 510 mm)

Career
Withdrawn	1874–1875
Disposition	All scrapped

The Glasgow and South Western Railway (GSWR) 956 class was a class of four 2-2-2 steam locomotives designed in 1855.

Development

Patrick Stirling was appointed locomotive superintendent of the GSWR in 1853 and this was his first design. They had domed boilers and column-type safety valves above the firebox. They were numbered 95–98.

Withdrawal

The class was withdrawn by James Stirling during 1874–5.

References

Baxter, Bertram (1984). British locomotive catalogue 1825–1923. Vol. 4. Buxton: Moorland Publishing. p. 138.

v t e Glasgow and South Western Railway locomotives
Peter Robertson (1850-1853)	86
Patrick Stirling (1853-1866)	2 9 23 34 40 45 46 52 58 95 99 103 105 131 141
James Stirling (1866-1878)	6 8 13 65 75 113 157 187 208 218 221
Hugh Smellie {1878-1890)	1 22 119 153 157 218 (1881) 291
James Manson (1890-1912)	8 14 17 18 128 160 194 224 240 266 272 281 306 326 361 381 336 Rail motor
Peter Drummond (1912-1918)	5 14 45 131 137 279 403
Robert Whitelegg (1918-1923)	1 394 540

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