Armstrong Goods
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerJoseph Armstrong
BuilderGWR Swindon Works
Order numberLots 9th Goods, 10th Goods, 1st Renewals, 11th Goods, 15, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 31, 35, 41, 42
Serial number79–128, 135–154, 215–144, 251–300, 321–350, 352–391, 432–461, 483–502, 623–662
Build date1866–1876
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-6-0
 • UICC n2
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
and 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm)
Driver dia.5 ft 0 in (1,524 mm)
Wheelbase15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
BoilerGWR Standard Goods[1]
Cylinder size17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
dia × stroke
Career
OperatorsGreat Western Railway
Class388 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 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.

Use

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.

War service

While the service overseas of Dean's 2301 Class during two world wars is well known, the service of the 388 Class in World War I 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.

Numbering

The 388 class were built in several batches between 1866 and 1876; many locomotives were given numbers from recently withdrawn locomotives, so they do not run in a continuous series, or even in order of construction.[2]

In the following table the "Works Number" is a sequential number allocated by the builder, the "Locomotive number" is the number carried on the locomotive for identification.

Table of orders and numbers[3]
YearQuantityLot No.Works Nos.Locomotive numbersNotes
1866-67199th Goods79–97388–406
18671610th Goods98–113407–412, 419–428
186751st Renewals114–1181012–1014, 1064–10651064/65 renumbered 1088/98 in September 1868;[4] then 238 and 37 in July 1870[5]
18671011th Goods119–128429–438
18681015th135–144445–454
1868516th145–149370–371, 426–428426–429 renumbered 26, 42, 1066 in February 1868;[4] 1066 renumbered 1090 in September 1868;[4] then 38 in July 1870.[5]
1868517th150–1541091–1095renumbered 41, 43, 44, 46, 50 in July 1870[5]
18703021st215–244491–496, 1168, 498–500, 1169–1171, 497, 501–5161168–1171 renumbered 1082–85 in July 1870.[5]
18703023rd251–2801086–1099, 1100–1105, 593–602
1870-712024th281–3001106–1115, 603–612
1871-723026th321–350657–676, 24, 31, 48, 51, 52, 116, 298, 300, 415, 416
18724028th252–391677–716
18733031st432–461776–805
1873-742035th483–502874–893
1875-762041st623–64221–23, 25, 27, 29, 32, 39, 53, 117, 1186–1195
18762042nd643–6621196–1215

Broad gauge

Twenty locomotives were converted to 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge from 1884 and reconverted to standard gauge in 1892.

Accidents and incidents

On 11th November 1890, No. 1100 was struck by a broad gauge boat train from Plymouth at Norton Fitzwarren.[6]

Withdrawal

There were numerous withdrawals from around 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.

References

  1. ↑ Champ, Jim (2018). An Introduction to Great Western Locomotive Development. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Transport. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-4738-7784-9. OCLC 1029234106. OL 26953051M.
  2. ↑ Tabor 1956, pp. D57–D67.
  3. ↑ Allcock et al. (1968), pp. 24–26.
  4. 1 2 3 Allcock et al. (1968), p. 8.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Allcock et al. (1968), p. 9.
  6. ↑ Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2634-3.
  • Allcock, N. J.; Davies, F. K.; le Fleming, H. M.; Maskelyne, J. N.; Reed, P. J. T.; Tabor, F. J. White, D. E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part one: Preliminary Survey. Kenilworth: RCTS.
  • Reed, P.J.T. (February 1953). White, D.E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. Kenilworth: The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN 0-901115-32-0. OCLC 650490992.
  • Tabor, F.J. (February 1956). White, D.E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part four: Six-wheeled Tender Engines. Kenilworth: The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society.
  • 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 0-7110-2634-3.
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