The GWR 360 Class was a small series (12 examples) of
0-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels. This was the most common wheel arrangemen ...
freight
steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...
s designed for the
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...
by
Joseph Armstrong and built at
Swindon Works in 1866.
Numbering
When built, they were numbered 360 to 371 on the Capital list. 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.
Design
As built, they had 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 shorter than that of the 388's in the class.
Use
To start with they 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 They were withdrawn between 1918 and 1933, the last (No.363) having accumulated in its 70 years an impressive .
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0-6-0 locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1866
Freight locomotives
Scrapped locomotives