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GWR Armstrong "388" Class 0-6-0


General
Designer Joseph Armstrong
Introduced 1866
Grouping Company Great Western Railway
Wheel Arrangement 0-6-0
Number Built as 388 310
Number Scrapped 302
Manufacturers
ManufacturerTotal
Swindon Works 310
Orders
BuilderSponsorOrder #DateSize
Swindon Works  9thGoods 1866 19
Swindon Works  10thGoods 1867 16
Swindon Works  1stRenewals 1867 5
Swindon Works  11thGoods 1868 10
Swindon Works  15 1868 10
Swindon Works  16 1868 5
Swindon Works  17 1868 5
Swindon Works  21 1870 30
Swindon Works  23 1870 30
Swindon Works  24 1871 20
Swindon Works  26 1871 30
Swindon Works  28 1872 40
Swindon Works  31 1873 30
Swindon Works  35 1873 20
Swindon Works  41 1875 20
Swindon Works  42 1876 20
Historical Data Eight of these Armstrong Standard Goods currently reside on the bottom of the English Channel where the ship they were in was sunk on its way to Salonika in May 1917.

Power
Variant Introduced 1866
Tractive Effort 13,313lbs
Inside Cylinders 17" x 24" (2 off)

Wheels
Drivers 5'
Locomotive Wheelbase 15' 8"
Descriptive Wheelbase 7' 4" + 8' 4" = 15' 8" (engine only)

Dimensions
Weight (loco only) 29t 18cwt
Adhesive Weight 29t 18cwt

Boiler & Firebox
Boiler Diagram S3
Firebox Type Round top