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	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Withdrawn	1874–1875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 is 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 (steam engine).^[1] 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The class was withdrawn by James Stirling during 1874–5.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. 4. Buxton: Moorland Publishing. p. 138.

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

Miscellaneous	-

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