G&SWR 5 Class

The G&SWR 5 Class are 0-6-0T steam locomotives designed by Peter Drummond for the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) and introduced in 1917. 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 type Steam Designer Peter Drummond Builder North British Locomotive Company, Hyde Park Works, Glasgow Serial number 21519-21521 Build date 1917 Total produced 3
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0T Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 4 ft 2 in (1.27 m) Loco weight 40 long tons (41 t) Fuel type coal Boiler pressure 160 psi (1,100 kPa) Cylinders Two Cylinder size 17 in × 22 in (432 mm × 559 mm) Valve gear Walschaerts
Performance figures Tractive effort 17,294 lbf (76.93 kN)
Career Operators G&SWR • LMS Class G&SWR: 5 Power class LMS: 2F Withdrawn 1934 (two sold out of service) Restored 1964 Current owner Glasgow Riverside Museum Disposition 1 preserved, remainder scrapped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the LMS Northern Division had plenty of former Caledonian Railway 498 Class dock tanks, so the three locomotives were withdrawn in 1934.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

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