Patrick Stirling (29 June 1820 – 11 November 1895) was a Scottish railway engineer, and Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Northern Railway of England.

His son Matthew Stirling was CME of the Hull and Barnsley Railway.

[1] Patrick Stirling was Locomotive Superintendent of the Glasgow and South Western Railway from 1853 to 1866.

Stirling's most famous construction was the 4-2-2 steam locomotive Stirling single called "eight-footer" because of the 8 ft 1 in diameter driving wheel.

That engine type set speed records during the race to the north with average train speed between engine changes of more than 60 mph in 1895.