GNR Stirling 4-2-2 no. 1 at Doncaster Works open day on 27th July 2003

Patrick Stirling (29 June 1820 - 11 November 1895) was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Northern Railway.

His father Robert Stirling was also an engineer. His brother James Stirling was also a locomotive engineer. His son Matthew Stirling was CME of the Hull and Barnsley Railway.

He was succeeded by Henry Ivatt.

Stirling came 1866 to the GNR, where he constructed several locomotive types.

Stirling's most famous construction was the 4-2-2 steam locomotive Stirling single called "eight-footer" because of the 8 ft diameter driving wheel. That engine type set speed records during the race to the north with average train speed between engine changing of more than 60 mph in 1895.

External links

• http://www.steamindex.com/people/stirling.htm
• http://www.lner.info/eng/stirling.shtml

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