NBR G Class
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The North British Railway G Class is a class of 0-4-0ST steam locomotive designed for shunting. Some locomotives were equipped with small wooden tenders to carry extra coal. They were introduced in 18
Class Y9 68110 at Kipps Shed in 1961
No. 8122 (later 68122) at St Margaret's Locomotive Depot, Edinburgh, 13 August 1948
NB 0-4-0ST 18386 'No 20' & NBR Y9 0-4-0ST No 42 (1887) BR 68095
Cowlairs railway works
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Cowlairs Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works, at Cowlairs in Springburn, an area in the north-east of Glasgow, Scotland, was built in 1841 for the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and was taken over by
NBR G Class
…same way, the North British Railway (NBR) bought two locomotives from Neilson in 1882, and by 1899 they had built thirty-six for themselves at their Cowlairs railway works in Glasgow, giving a total of thirty-eight engines in service. Having obtained license to replicate the design, each of the railway companies incorporated…
A Cowlairs production plate on a North British Railway Company engine
The former Cowlairs Locomotive Works at Inverurie Street, Springburn in April 1970.
Site of the former Cowlairs Locomotive Works at Inverurie Street, Springburn in July 2009 (Carlisle St on the left was extended north through the former site).