Glasgow & South Western Railway 0-6-0T No. 9 16379
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, UK 		Location: Riverside Museum
Status: Display
Posted: Jul 14, 2011 @ 13:07:12 by Steve Frost
On a recent visit to the new Riverside Museum, this loco was on display on the higher level, facing an opening in the internal wall, so that from below it loks like it is about to fall off and land on the Highland Railway 4-6-0 or the Caledonian single on the floor below.

Viewed from upstairs the loco can only be seen from the bunker end so a view like the primary photo is no longer possible. This is a pity for the only survivor of the entire Glasgow and South Western fleet.

I hope the handbrake is firmly applied!

Posted: Apr 19, 2007 @ 15:04:39 by Steve Frost
Scotland's railways and Scottish locomotive builders made a significant contribution to UK steam development. The roll of honour of UK locomotive engineers is peppered with Scots. However, the grouping of the railways in 1923 meant that control of Scotland's railways was split between the LNER and the LMS, and neither company perpetuated Scottish company designs, introducing their own standard types or designs from other English companies. Of the two, the LMS was more ruthless in eradicating non standard designs, and so there was not a lot of Scottish designs left into the preservation era, especially the top link power. The Glasgow and South Western seems to have come off worst out of this, and this outside cylindered 0-6-0T is not representative of some of the main line power the G&SWR produced. It survives, like so many other pre-grouping designs, because it was sold off for colliery use. This is the survivor of a class of three locos introduced by Peter Drummond for heavy shunting in dock areas. After the grouping, the LMS operated them for around ten years, scrapping Nos 16377 and 16378, but they sold 16379 to Llay Main colliery in North Wales where it was operated until 1962.