GWR 388 class

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Armstrong Goods
Power type Steam
Designer Joseph Armstrong
Builder Great Western Railway
Configuration 0-6-0
Gauge 4 ft 8½ in
and 7 ft 0¼ in
Driver size 5 ft 0 in
Wheelbase 15 ft 8 in
Cylinder size 17 in dia × 24 in stroke
Career Great Western Railway
Class 388 Class

The GWR 388 class was a large class of 310 0-6-0 goods locomotives built by the Great Western Railway. They are sometimes referred to as the Armstrong goods to differentiate from the Gooch goods and Dean Goods classes, both of which were large classes of standard goods locomotives.

The 388 class were built in several batches between 1866 and 1876; many locomotives were given numbers from recently withdrawn locomotives so they do not run in a series or even in order of construction.

[edit] Locomotives

  • 21 - 27, 29, 31, 32, 38, 39, 41 - 44, 46, 48, 50 - 53
  • 116, 117
  • 298, 300
  • 370, 371, 388 - 399
  • 400 - 412, 415, 416, 419 - 438, 445 - 454, 491 - 499
  • 500 - 516
  • 603 - 612, 657 - 699
  • 700 - 716, 776 - 799
  • 800 - 805, 874 - 893
  • 1082 - 1085
  • 1106 - 1115
  • 1186 - 1215

[edit] Broad gauge

Twenty locomotives were converted to broad gauge from 1884 and reconverted to standard gauge in 1892.

  • 1196 (1888 - 1892)
  • 1197 (1887 - 1892)
  • 1198 (1888 - 1892)
  • 1199 (1887 - 1892)
  • 1200 (1887 - 1892)
  • 1201 (1888 - 1892)
  • 1202 (1887 - 1892)
  • 1203 (1887 - 1892)
  • 1204 (1888 - 1892)
  • 1205 (1888 - 1892)
  • 1206 (1884 - 1892)
  • 1207 (1884 - 1892)
  • 1208 (1884 - 1892)
  • 1209 (1884 - 1892)
  • 1210 (1884 - 1892)
  • 1211 (1884 - 1892)
  • 1212 (1884 - 1892)
  • 1213 (1884 - 1892)
  • 1214 (1884 - 1892)
  • 1215 (1884 - 1892)

[edit] References

  • The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN 0-906867-90-8. 
  • Casserley, H.C.; Johnston, S.C. (1966). Locomotives at the Grouping: Great Western Railway. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-0555-9. 
  • Russell, J.H. (1975). A Pictorial Record of Great Western Engines, Volume 1. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-86093-398-9. 
  • Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-906867-90-8.