Glasgow & South Western Railway 4-4-0, No. 74
£15.00
James Manson was responsible for the 4-4-0 No. 11, the first four-cylinder simple locomotive in Britain (scroll down for a more detailed Description)
Published by The Railway Engineer in the 19th Century;
Size: c. 43 x 25.5 cm [17 ″ x 10 ″] may vary slightly from printers’ cut years ago
Printed on white white matt cardstock of 146 g/sm2
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Description
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. 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. James Manson (1845-1935) was born in Saltcoats and trained with the Glasgow & South Western Railway in Kilmarnock Works. He became Locomotive Superintendent of the Great North of Scotland Railway in 1883 but returned to Kilmarnock as Locomotive Superintendent of the G&SWR in 1891, a post he held for twenty years until his retirement in 1911. He was responsible for the 4-4-0 No. 11, the first four-cylinder simple locomotive in Britain, and designed some impressive double-bogie tenders for his large 4-6-0 engines. As originally constructed No. 11 had an inadequate grate area and boiler capacity for supplying its four cylinders, a defect that was subsequently remedied by Robert Whitelegg.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.0169 kg |
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| Dimensions | 44.5 × 26 cm |
