#1731
G&SWR 45 Class 0-6-2T
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1915· class of 28 British 0-6-2T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. G&SWR 45 Class 0-6-2T No. 45: Unknown photographer· Public domain
what is it?
The G&SWR 45 Class were 0-6-2T steam locomotives designed by Peter Drummond for the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) of which 18 were built in 1915-1917, followed by a further 10 of a slightly modified design in 1919 after Robert Whitelegg took over as Chief Mechanical Engineer.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 111 years ago, in 1915.
- Served for 33 years (1915–1948).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1915–1919
- in service from
- 1915
- retired
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 28
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- designer
- Peter Drummond
- operators
- Glasgow and South Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Scottish Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5511846, Wikipedia: G&SWR 45 Class 0-6-2T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.