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G&SWR 5 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1917· class of 3 British 0-6-0T locomotives
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Glasgow and South Western Railway No 9 at Glasgow transport museum: Les Chatfield from Brighton, England· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Hugh llewelyn 9 (6325587266): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. View of Museum Collections Glasgow Transport Museum: Simon from United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Loco003 (5880683726): Mark Harkin· CC BY 2.0
- 5. G&SWR 0-6-0T No.9: Das48· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Glasgow riversidemuseum: PerryPlanet· Public domain
- 7. Highland Railway Jones Goods Class No 103 at the Riverside Museum: dun_deagh· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
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.
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 109 years ago, in 1917.
- Served for 17 years (1917–1934).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1917
- in service from
- 1917
- retired
- 1934
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 3
- 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, Hatfield Colliery, National Coal Board, Llay Main Colliery
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5511851, Wikipedia: G&SWR 5 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.