The LNWR 380 Class was a class of
0-8-4T steam tank locomotive
A tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender. Most tank engines also have bunkers (or fuel tanks) to hold fuel; in a tender-tank locom ...
s designed by
H. P. M. Beames. Although designed under the LNWR regime they appeared as
LMS locomotives after the 1923
grouping
Grouping may refer to:
* Muenchian grouping
* Principles of grouping
* Railways Act 1921, also known as Grouping Act, a reorganisation of the British railway system
* Grouping (firearms), the pattern of multiple shots from a sidearm
See also ...
. They were essentially an extended version of the
1185 Class 0-8-2T with a longer bunker, and were also related to the 0-8-0 freight engines. Their main area of work was to be in
South Wales.
Numbering
The first thirteen were given LNWR numbers when new, because the LMS numbering scheme had not yet been finalised. The last seventeen carried LMS numbers 7943–7959 from new, although the first two of these had been allotted LNWR numbers (which they never carried in service). The first thirteen were renumbered 7930–7942 between 1926 and 1928. The LMS gave them the power classification 5F. Withdrawal began in 1944. Fourteen survived into
British Railways ownership in 1948 and were to be renumbered between 47930 and 47959 (i.e. the LMS numbers increased by 40000), but only two survived long enough to be renumbered 47931 and 47937, the last withdrawal occurring in 1951.
Notes
References
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Further reading
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Edward Talbot (2002) ''The London & North Western Railway Eight-Coupled Goods Engines''
External links
Class 7F-A Detailsat ''Rail UK''
Goods Engines of LNWR
380 class
0-8-4T locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1923
Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain
Scrapped locomotives
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