# Locomotives of the Glasgow and South Western Railway

The locomotives of the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR). The G&SWR had its headquarters in Glasgow with its main locomotive works in Kilmarnock.

## Engines inherited from constituent companies

The G&SWR was formed in 1850 from a merger of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (GPK&AR) and the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway (GD&CR). A number of other companies were absorbed by the G&SWR or its predecessors, including the Ardrossan Railway, the Paisley and Renfrew Railway and the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway.

## Engines built by the Glasgow and South Western Railway

One notable feature of the G&SWR’s locomotive stock was its aversion to tank engines. Until very late on in the company’s history these were used only when circumstances absolutely demanded it.

### Patrick Stirling (1853-1866)

See Patrick Stirling
| Wheel Arrangement | Class | Date | Builder | No. built | 1919 nos. | LMS power classification | LMS nos. | Withdrawn | Notes |
| 2-2-2 | 95 | 1855 | Neilson | 4 | | | | 1874-75 | |
| 2-2-2 | 2 | 1857-60 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 13 | | | | 1874-80 | |
| 2-2-2 | 40 | 1860-4 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 10 | | | | c.1876-81 | |
| 2-2-2 | 45 | 1865-8 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 11 | | | | 1884-88 | |
| 0-2-2-0 | 99 | 1855 | R & W Hawthorn | 4 | | | | 1866-67 | |
| 2-4-0 | 94 | 1854/5 | Neilson | 1 | | | | 1866 | |
| 2-4-0 | 109 | 1858 | Beyer-Peacock | 1 | | | | 1874 | |
| 0-4-2 | 105 | 1856 | R & W Hawthorn | 4 | | | | 1875-76 | |
| 0-4-2 | 9 | 1857 | Neilson | 7 | | | | 1874-79 | |
| 0-4-2 | 34 | 1858-9 | R & W Hawthorn | 10 | | | | 1874-76 | |
| 0-4-2 | 23 | 1860-2 | Sharp Stewart | 20 | | | | 1882-89 (rebuilds c.1890-1904) | 8 rebuilt as 0-4-2T during 1881-5. |
| 0-4-2 | 131 | 1864 | R & W Hawthorn | 10 | | | | 1883-95 | |
| 0-4-2 | 141 | 1866 | Neilson | 10 | 656-7 | U | 17021-2 | 1902-24 (rebuilds 1900-13) | 4 rebuilt as 0-4-2T during 1886-7. |
| 0-4-0 | 52 | 1864-6 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 6 | | | | unknown (after 1895, before 1903) |
| 0-6-0 | 103 | 1855 | R & W Hawthorn | 2 | | | | 1871 | |
| 0-6-0 | 46 | 1862-3 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 6 | | | | 1888-93 | |
| 0-6-0 | 58 | 1866-7 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 6 | | | | 1890-1915 | 2 withdrawn 1890, others c.1909 onwards |
| 0-6-0 | 58 | 1867-9 | Neilson | 20 | 617-24 | U | 17100 | 1896-1923 | 1 withdrawn 1896, others from 1909 onwards |

### James Stirling (1866-1878)

See James Stirling
| Wheel Arrangement | Class | Date | Builder | No. built | 1919 nos. | LMS power classification | LMS nos. | Withdrawn | Notes |
| 2-2-2WT | 159 | 1867 | Neilson | 1 | | | | 1877 | |
| 2-4-0 | 8 | 1868-70 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 15 | | | | 1900-17 | |
| 2-4-0 | 75 | 1870-1 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 10 | 726-7 | 1P | 14000 | 1900-23 | |
| 0-4-2 | 187 | 1870-1 | Neilson | 20 | | | | 1897-1917 | 8 rebuilt as 0-4-2T during 1888-89 (withdrawn 1906-13). 7 renewed as Manson 113 Class in 1900-01. |
| 0-4-2 | 208 | 1873 | Dübs | 10 | 651-5 | U | 17023-6 | 1904-23 | |
| 0-4-2 | 221 | 1874-8 | Neilson | 50 | 635-50 | U | 17035-45 | 1901-29 | 30 renewed as Manson 224 Class in 1901-04, others withdrawn from 1911 onwards |
| 0-4-2 | 221 | 1876 | Dübs | 10 | 635-50 | U | 17035-45 | 1901-29 | 30 renewed as Manson 224 Class in 1901-04, others withdrawn from 1911 onwards |
| 4-4-0 | 6 | 1873-7 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 22 | | | | 1895-1901 | 16 renewed as Manson 194 Class 1899-1901 |
| 0-4-0 | 65 | 1871-4 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 22 | 732-3 | | | before 1903 - 1922 | |
| 0-4-0ST | 157 | 1867-70 | A.Barclay | 5 | | | | 1881-unknown | |
| 0-4-0ST | 218 | 1873 | Allen Andrews | 2 | | | | after 1881 | |
| 0-4-0ST | 220 | 1873 | A.Barclay | 1 | | | | 1917 | Second Hand, purchased 1874 from Glamorgan Coal Co. |
| 0-4-0ST | 113 | 1875-6 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 6 | | | | unknown | 2 withdrawn 1911, others unknown |
| 0-6-0 | 13 | 1877-8 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 12 | 563-584 with gaps | 1F | 17103-11 | 1898-1928 | 1 wrecked in 1898, others withdrawn from 1914 onwards |

### Hugh Smellie (1878-1890)

See Hugh Smellie
| Wheel Arrangement | Class | Date | Builder | No. built | 1919 nos. | LMS power classification | LMS nos. | Withdrawn | Notes |
| 2-4-0 | 157 | 1879-81 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 12 | 720-5 | 1P | 14001-2 | 1912-23 | |
| 4-4-0 | 119 | 1882-5 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 24 | 467-8, 700-719 | 1P | 14116-37 | 1914-31 (rebuilds 1930-34) | 2 withdrawn 1914-15, others from 1925 onwards. 14 rebuilt with Whitelegg "X3" boilers in 1921-2 to become class 2P |
| 4-4-0 | 153 | 1886-9 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 20 | 448-466 | 1P | 14138-56 | 1898-1930 (rebuilds 1929-35) | One locomotive wrecked in 1898, others withdrawn from 1925 onwards. 11 rebuilt with Whitelegg "X3" boilers in 1922-3 to become class 2P |
| 0-4-4T | 1 | 1879-81 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 4 | 728-31 | 1P | 15241-4 | 1925-26 | |
| 0-4-0T | 291 | 1883 | A.Barclay | 1 | 734 | U | 16042 | 1925 | Second hand, purchased 1885, Works shunter |
| 0-4-0ST | 218 | 1881 | Andrews, Barr & Co | 2 | 658-9 | U | 16040-1 | 1928-32 | |
| 0-6-0 | 22 | 1881-92 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 44 | 135-9, 560-616 with gaps | 1F | 17112-64 | 1915-31 (rebuilds 1932-35) | 10 renewed as 281 class in 1911-12 and one more withdrawn in 1915. Others withdrawn from 1924 onwards. 10 rebuilt with Whitelegg "X3" boilers in 1923-5 to become class 2F |
| 0-6-0 | 22 | 1883 | Neilson | 10 | 135-9, 560-616 with gaps | 1F | 17112-64 | 1915-31 (rebuilds 1932-35) | 10 renewed as 281 class in 1911-12 and one more withdrawn in 1915. Others withdrawn from 1924 onwards. 10 rebuilt with Whitelegg "X3" boilers in 1923-5 to become class 2F |
| 0-6-0 | 22 | 1889 | Dübs | 10 | 135-9, 560-616 with gaps | 1F | 17112-64 | 1915-31 (rebuilds 1932-35) | 10 renewed as 281 class in 1911-12 and one more withdrawn in 1915. Others withdrawn from 1924 onwards. 10 rebuilt with Whitelegg "X3" boilers in 1923-5 to become class 2F |

### James Manson (1890-1911)

See James Manson
| Wheel Arrangement | Class | Date | Builder | No. built | 1919 nos. | LMS power classification | LMS nos. | Withdrawn | Notes |
| 4-4-0 | 8 | 1892-1904 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 57 | 377, 396-447 | 1P | 14157-202, 14244-5, 14249-53 | 1911-32 (rebuilds 1927-33) | Four renewed as 18 or 240 classes in 1911-12, others withdrawn from 1925 onwards. 17 rebuilt with Whitelegg "X1" boilers in 1920-1 to become class 2P |
| 4-4-0 | 336 | 1895-99 | Dübs | 25 | 350-74 | 2P | 14203-27 | 1926-32 (rebuilds 1930-32) | 6 rebuilt with Whitelegg "X1" boilers in 1920-21 |
| 4-4-0 | 194 | 1899-1901 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 16 | 469-484 | 1P | 14228-43 | 1925-30 | Renewals of Stirling 6 Class |
| 4-4-0 | 240 | 1904-11 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 17 | 375, 378-93 | 2P | 14246-8, 14254-67 | 1925-32 (rebuilds 1932-34) | 2 rebuilt with Whitelegg "X1" boilers in 1920 |
| 4-4-0 | 18 | 1907-12 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 15 | 337-49, 376, 395 | 2P | 14268-9, 14366-78 | 1925-32 |
| 4-4-0 | 11 | 1897 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 1 | 394 | 3P | 14509 | 1934 | first 4-cylinder simple locomotive in the British Isles. Rebuilt by Drummond in 1915 and again more extensively by Whitelegg in 1922, when named "Lord Glenarthur" |
| 4-6-0 | 381 | 1903 | North British | 10 | 495-504 | 3P | 14656-65 | 1927-33 | |
| 4-6-0 | 381 | 1910-11 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 7 | 505-11 | 3P | 14666-72 | 1927-33 | |
| 4-6-0 | 128 | 1911 | North British | 2 | 512-3 | 3P | 14673-4 | 1933-34 | |
| 0-4-4T | 326 | 1893 | Neilson | 10 | 520-529 | 1P | 15245-54 | 1930-32 |
| 0-4-4T | 266 | 1906 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 6 | 305-10 | U | 16080-5 | 1925-32 |
| 0-4-0T | 272 | 1907-09 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 6 | 316-21 | U | 16044-9 | 1930-31 |
| 0-6-0T | 14 | 1896-1914 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 15 | 275-89 | 1F | 16103-17 | 1928-32 |
| 0-4-2 | 113 | 1900-01 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 7 | 268-74 | 1F | 17028-34 | 1926-30 | Renewals of Stirling 187 Class |
| 0-4-2 | 224 | 1901-04 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 30 | 238-267 | 1F | 17046-75 | 1925-31 | Renewals of Stirling 221 Class |
| 0-6-0 | 306 | 1892-93 | Dübs | 20 | 178-197 | 1F | 17165-84 | 1925-32 (rebuilds 1931-32) | 3 rebuilt with Whitelegg "X3" boilers in 1925 to become class 2F |
| 0-6-0 | 160 | 1897-99 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 18 | 160-177 | 1F | 17185-202 | 1925-33 (rebuilds 1929-32) | 4 rebuilt with Whitelegg "X3" boilers in 1925-6 to become class 2F |
| 0-6-0 | 281 | 1911-2 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 10 | 140-9 | 2F | 17203-12 | 1927-30 | Renewals of Smellie 22 Class |
| 0-6-0 | 361 | 1900 | Neilson | 20 | 115-34 | 2F | 17474-93 | 1928-35 (rebuilds 1931-37) | 21 rebuilt with Whitelegg "X2" boilers in 1920-4 to become class 3F |
| 0-6-0 | 361 | 1907 | North British | 12 | 103-114 | 2F | 17494-505 | 1928-35 (rebuilds 1931-37) | 21 rebuilt with Whitelegg "X2" boilers in 1920-4 to become class 3F |
| 0-6-0 | 361 | 1910 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 2 | 101-2 | 2F | 17506-7 | 1928-35 (rebuilds 1931-37) | 21 rebuilt with Whitelegg "X2" boilers in 1920-4 to become class 3F |
| 0-6-0 | 17 | 1910 | North British | 15 | 86-100 | 2F | 17508-22 | 1930-37 (rebuild 1934) | 1 rebuilt with Whitelegg "X2" boiler in 1920 to become class 3F |
| 0-4-0WT Railmotor | G&SWR Railmotor | 1904-05 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 3 | | | | 1916 |

### Peter Drummond (1911-1918)

See Peter Drummond
| Wheel Arrangement | Class | Date | Builder | No. built | 1919 nos. | LMS power classification | LMS nos. | Withdrawn | Notes |
| 4-4-0 | 131 | 1913 | North British | 6 | 331-336 | 3P | 14510-5 | 1934-37 | |
| 4-4-0 | 137 | 1915 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 6 | 325-330 | 3P | 14516-21 | 1934-37 | |
| 0-6-0T | 5 | 1917 | North British | 3 | 322-324 | 2F | 16377-9 | 1934 | |
| 0-6-2T | 45 | 1915-17 | North British | 18 | 11-28 | 3F | 16410-27 (later 16910-27) | 1936-47 | |
| 0-6-0 | 279 | 1913 | North British | 15 | 71-85 | 4F | 17750-64 | 1930-33 | |
| 2-6-0 | 403 | 1915 | North British | 11 | 51-61 | 4F | 17820-30 | 1935-47 | "Austrian Goods" |
| 0-4-4ST | GB&KJR | 1873 | Dübs | 1 | 537 | | | 1922 | Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway No. 1, nominally taken into G&SWR stock 1913. Not believed to have ever received G&SWR livery or carried its G&SWR number. |
| 0-4-0ST | G&PJR | 1887 | Neilson | 2 | 736-737 | U | 16050-51 | 1924 | Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Nos. 1 and 2, nominally taken into G&SWR stock 1913. Not believed to have ever received G&SWR livery or carried their G&SWR (or LMS) numbers. |

### R. H. Whitelegg (1918-1922)

See Robert Harben Whitelegg
| Wheel Arrangement | Class | Date | Builder | No. built | G&SWR nos. | LMS power classification | LMS nos. | Withdrawn | Notes |
| 4-4-0 | 485 | 1921 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 1 | 485 | 2P | 14270 | 1933 | Same as rebuilds of Manson's "8" class |
| 4-6-4T | 540 | 1922 | North British | 6 | 540-545 | 5P | 15400-5 | 1935-36 | |
| 0-4-0ST | 735 | 1904 | Peckett | 1 | 735 | U | 16043 | 1930 | Acquired secondhand from Ayr Harbour in 1919 |
| 0-6-2T | 1 | 1919 | North British | 10 | 1-10 | 3F | 16400-9 (later 16900-9) | 1936-48 | Similar to Drummond "45" class. |
| 0-6-0 | 150 | 1921 | G&SWR Kilmarnock | 2 | 150-1 | 3F | 17523-4 | 1931-35 | Same as rebuilds of Manson's "361" class |

## Numbering and classification

The very first engines of the GPK&AR were named but soon after received numbers. As the GD&CR was always intended to merge with the former its engines were allocated numbers following on from the GPK&AR sequence.
From 1851 new engines were given the numbers of older engines that had been withdrawn from service. Eventually new engines were being allocated the numbers of old engines that were intended for withdrawal but which were still running and so two engines would be running with the same number. In 1878 Hugh Smellie introduced an ‘R’ list to cater for older engines whose number had been allocated to a newer one. Later on Manson used an ‘A’ list system, where the older engine had an ‘A’ added to its number. By 1919 the system was so complicated that there was a complete renumbering of all engines.
Class numbers were the number of the first engine built in the class. Given the policy on numbering this meant that classes with lower numbers could frequently be newer than higher numbered classes.
See also LMS locomotive numbering and classification

## Liveries

Various shades of green provided the basic colour of the locomotives, with lining in black and white or black and yellow.

## Locomotives under LMS ownership

The G&SWR locomotive stock fell foul of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway policy of standardisation following the grouping. Within ten years nearly 80% had been withdrawn from service and only a single 1 Class 0-6-2T engine remained by nationalisation in 1948.

## Preservation

| Image | GSWR No. | GSWR Class | Type | Manufacturer | Serial No. | Date | Notes |
| | 9 | 5 Class | 0-6-0T | North British Locomotive Company | 21521 | November 1917 | Sold by the LMS in 1934 to a colliery in Denbighshire, and subsequently passing into National Coal Board ownership, it was from that location that it was acquired for preservation. It is now on display in the Riverside Museum. |