GWR 388 class
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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 or Armstrong Standard Goods to differentiate from the Gooch Goods
and Dean Goods
classes, both of which were also large classes of standard goods locomotives. Despite their description as goods engines, for many years they were also used on passenger trains; the class that principally replaced them was Churchward
's mixed-traffic 2-6-0s, the 4300 Class
of 1919-21. They were used throughout the GWR system where the gauge permitted; principally in the Northern Division to start with, of course, and again after the numerous withdrawals of c.1920. After 1930 the few survivors were at Oxley, Stourbidge and Wellington, and the last was withdrawn in 1934. As with all Armstrong classes, none was preserved.
While the service overseas of Dean's 2301 Class
during two world wars is well known, the service of the 388 Class in the First War is less often documented. Six of the class were sent to Serbia in 1916, two of them returning in 1921; and 16 of them were shipped to Salonika in 1917, though the first batch of eight was lost at sea. After the war four of them entered the stock of the Ottoman Railway; another four were returned to the GWR in 1921.
The 388 class were built in several batches between 1866 and 1876; many locomotives were given numbers from recently withdrawn locomotives, so they do not run in a continuous series, or even in order of construction.
from 1884 and reconverted to standard gauge
in 1892.
0-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
goods locomotives built by the Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
. They are sometimes referred to as the Armstrong Goods or Armstrong Standard Goods to differentiate from the Gooch Goods
GWR Ariadne Class
The Great Western Railway Ariadne Class and Caliph class were broad gauge 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed for goods train work by Daniel Gooch and often referred to as his Standard Goods locomotives....
and Dean Goods
GWR 2301 Class
The Great Western Railway 2301 Class or Dean Goods Class is a class of British 0-6-0 steam locomotives.Swindon railway works built 260 of these goods locomotives between 1883 and 1899 to a design of William Dean...
classes, both of which were also large classes of standard goods locomotives. Despite their description as goods engines, for many years they were also used on passenger trains; the class that principally replaced them was Churchward
George Jackson Churchward
George Jackson Churchward CBE was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway in the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1922.-Early career:...
's mixed-traffic 2-6-0s, the 4300 Class
GWR 4300 Class
The Great Western Railway 4300 Class is a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive.- Overview :The class was introduced in 1911 to a G.J. Churchward design. 342 were built until 1932...
of 1919-21. They were used throughout the GWR system where the gauge permitted; principally in the Northern Division to start with, of course, and again after the numerous withdrawals of c.1920. After 1930 the few survivors were at Oxley, Stourbidge and Wellington, and the last was withdrawn in 1934. As with all Armstrong classes, none was preserved.
While the service overseas of Dean's 2301 Class
GWR 2301 Class
The Great Western Railway 2301 Class or Dean Goods Class is a class of British 0-6-0 steam locomotives.Swindon railway works built 260 of these goods locomotives between 1883 and 1899 to a design of William Dean...
during two world wars is well known, the service of the 388 Class in the First War is less often documented. Six of the class were sent to Serbia in 1916, two of them returning in 1921; and 16 of them were shipped to Salonika in 1917, though the first batch of eight was lost at sea. After the war four of them entered the stock of the Ottoman Railway; another four were returned to the GWR in 1921.
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 continuous series, or even in order of construction.
Locomotives
- 21 - 27, 29, 31, 32, 37, 38, 39, 41 - 44, 46, 48, 50 - 53
- 116, 117
- 238, 298, 300
- 370, 371, 388 - 399
- 400 - 412, 415, 416, 419 - 438, 445 - 454, 491 - 499
- 500 - 516
- 593 - 612, 657 - 699
- 700 - 716, 776 - 799
- 800 - 805, 874 - 893
- 1012 – 1014, 1082 - 1115
- 1186 - 1215
Broad gauge
Twenty locomotives were converted to broad gaugeBroad gauge
Broad-gauge railways use a track gauge greater than the standard gauge of .- List :For list see: List of broad gauges, by gauge and country- History :...
from 1884 and reconverted to standard gauge
Standard gauge
The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this 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)