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GWR 388 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1866· class of 310 British 0-6-0 locomotives
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- 1. GWR 388 class No. 1196: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
what is it?
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.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 160 years ago, in 1866.
- Served for 68 years (1866–1934).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1866–1876
- in service from
- 1866
- retired
- 1934
- status
- retired
- number built
- 310
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Swindon Works
- designer
- Joseph Armstrong
- operators
- Great Western Railway, Railway Operating Division
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514949, Wikipedia: GWR 388 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.