G&SWR 5 Class

The G&SWR 5 Class were 0-6-0T steam locomotives designed by Peter Drummond for the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) and introduced in 1917.[2] The class was originally designated 5 Class but, after the G&SWR's 1919 renumbering, this was changed to 322 Class. After passing to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923 they were given power classification 2F.

G&SWR 5 Class
(later G&SWR 322 Class)
No 9 at the former Glasgow Museum of Transport, 2007
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerPeter Drummond
BuilderNorth British Locomotive Company, Hyde Park Works, Glasgow
Serial number21519-21521
Build date1917
Total produced3
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-6-0T
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.4 ft 2 in (1.27 m)[1]
Loco weight40 long tons (41 t)[1]
Fuel typecoal
Boiler pressure160 psi (1,100 kPa)[1]
CylindersTwo
Cylinder size17 in × 22 in (432 mm × 559 mm)[1]
Valve gearWalschaerts
Performance figures
Tractive effort17,294 lbf (76.93 kN)[1]
Career
OperatorsG&SWR • LMS
ClassG&SWR: 5
Power classLMS: 2F
Withdrawn1934 (two sold out of service)
Restored1964
Current ownerGlasgow Riverside Museum
Disposition1 preserved, remainder scrapped

Design and Operation

The 5 Class were built to replace elderly 0-4-0 tender locomotives on a number of freight lines which featured sharp curves and steep gradients. Number 5 was allocated to Greenock (Princes Pier) shed for dock shunting, whereas the other two were allocated to Ardrossan shed for colliery branches in the Kilwinning and Dalry area. They remained at these sheds throughout their lives in Railway ownership. Although they were a successful design, they were a non-standard type and the LMS Northern Division had plenty of former Caledonian Railway 498 Class dock tanks, so the three locomotives were withdrawn in 1934. As they were not yet life-expired, two of the locomotives were sold to collieries and eventually became the property of the National Coal Board.

Preservation

By the mid 1950s the former number 9 was the last Glasgow and South Western Railway locomotive in existence. In 1963 it was acquired by British Railways for preservation and restored to G&SWR green livery. It was then displayed in the Glasgow Museum of Transport, moving with the museum from its original location in the former Coplawhill tram works to the Kelvin Hall in 1987, and then to the new Riverside Museum in 2010.

No.9 at the Riverside Museum Glasgow, 19 August 2012

The locomotive is prominently displayed on the first floor balcony within the present museum above the other Scottish locomotives, with its front end projecting out over the balcony to provide a view of the underside of the cylinders.

Numbering and Locomotive Histories
GSWR (original) no. GSWR (1919) no. LMS no. Builder's no. Delivered Withdrawn notes
5 322 16377 NBL 21519 11/1917 04/1934 withdrawn 4/32 but reinstated.
7 323 16378 NBL 21520 11/1917 04/1934 sold to Hatfield Colliery, South Yorkshire, scrapped after 1954
9 324 16379 NBL 21521 11/1917 04/1934 sold to Llay Main Colliery, Denbighshire, now preserved

source[3]

References
  1. Casserley, H.C. and Johnston, S.W., Locomotives at the Grouping, No.3, London Midland and Scottish, Ian Allan, 1966, page 168
  2. Baxter, Bertram (1984). British locomotive catalogue 1825-1923. Vol. 4. Buxton: Moorland Publishing. pp. 167–168.
  3. Smith, David L., Locomotives of the Glasgow & South Western Railway, David & Charles, 1976, page 179


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