G&SWR 99 Class

G&SWR 99 Class

Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Patrick Stirling Builder R and W Hawthorn Build date 1855 Total produced 41

Specifications Configuration 0-2-2-0 Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver diameter 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) Loco weight 28 LT (28 t) Fuel type Coal Cylinders two Cylinder size 15 in × 20 in (380 mm × 510 mm)

Career Withdrawn 1866-1867 Disposition All scrapped

The Glasgow and South Western Railway (GSWR) 99 class is a class of four 0-2-2-0 steam locomotives designed in 1855.

Development

Four examples of class designed by Patrick Stirling were built for the GSWR by R and W Hawthorn between April and August 1855.^[1] Little is known about the class which is variously described as having a ‘dummy crank’^[2] or a ‘crank axle’.^[3]

Withdrawal

The members of the class were apparently not successful and all were withdrawn by James Stirling during 1866 and 1867.

References

1. Baxter, Bertram (1984). British locomotive catalogue 1825-1923 4. Buxton: Moorland Publishing. p. 139.
2. Baxter, Bertram (1977). British locomotive catalogue 1825-1923 1. Buxton: Moorland Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 0 903485 50 8.
3. Baxter (1984), p.139.