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GWR 360 Class
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerJoseph Armstrong
BuilderGWR Swindon Works
Order number8th Goods
Serial number57 – 68
Build date1866
Total produced12
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-6-0
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Fuel typeCoal
Cylinderstwo
Career
OperatorsGWR

The GWR 360 Class was a small series (12 examples) of 0-6-0 freight steam locomotives designed for the Great Western Railway by Joseph Armstrong and built at Swindon Works in 1866.

Numbering

When built, they were numbered 360 to 371 on the Capital list.[1] In September 1866, the last two were transferred to the Revenue list as 1000 and 1001. In August 1867, it was decided that the Revenue list should start at 1001, not 1000; and so 1000 was renumbered 1015.[2]

Design

They were built with slightly smaller boilers than the similar and much more numerous 388 Class which went into production later the same year. Their coupled wheelbase was also two inches (51 mm) shorter than that of the 388 Class.

Use

They initially worked between Birmingham and Chester, though later they were seen in South Wales, at Didcot and in the Birmingham-Stourbridge area. They were withdrawn between 1918 and 1933, the last (No. 363) having accumulated 1,384,645 miles (2,228,370 km) in 70 years of service.[3]

References

  1. ^ Allcock et al. (1968), p. 24.
  2. ^ Allcock et al. (1968), p. 8.
  3. ^ Tabor (1956), pp. D56–D57.

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