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Mr. J. Ramsbottom
1858 — DX Goods
1863 — 4ft Shunter
1870 — Special Tank
Mr. F.W. Webb
1873 — 17in Coal Engine
1880 — 18in Goods
1881 — Special DX
1881 — Coal Tanks
1893 — ‘A’ class
1894 — Crane Tank
1896 — Dock Tank
1901 — ‘B’ class
1903 — 1400 Class
Mr. G. Whale
1904 — ‘C’ class
1904 — ‘E’ class
1906 — ‘D’ class
1906 — ‘F’ class
1906 — ‘G’ class
1912 — ‘G1’ class
1906 — 19in Express Goods
Mr. C.J. Bowen Cooke
1911 — 1185 class
Capt. H.P.M. Beames
1923 — 380 class
Ex GCR
1919 — ‘MM’ class
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380 class
Vital Statistics |
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| Official Name |
380 class |
| Nickname |
? |
| Water & Coal Storage |
Side tanks and bunker |
| Water Capacity |
2,030 gallon |
| Coal Capacity |
3½ tons |
| Wheel Arrangement |
0-8-4T |
| Driven Wheels |
Eight 4ft 5½in wheels |
| Carrying Wheels |
Four trailing bogie — 3ft 3in wheels |
| Wheelbase |
5ft 9in + 5ft 9in + 5ft 9in - 5ft 9in + 6ft 3in |
| Boiler |
5ft 2in diameter; 14ft 6in long |
| Boiler Pressure |
185 psi |
| Grate Area |
? sq.ft. |
| Tubes |
? |
| Total Heating Area |
2,046 sq.ft. |
| Cylinders |
Two inside 20½in diameter; 24in stroke |
| Weight |
88 tons |
| Designer |
Capt. H.P.M. Beames |
| Number in Class |
30 |
| Lifetime |
1923—1951 |
Capt. H.P.M. Beames wanted a tank engine  version of the
0-8-0’s more suitable for hauling heavy goods over
short distances, fitting instead a trailing bogie to support a larger
bunker containing more coal and water: 2030 gals. water(70% greater
than the 0-8-2T’s) and 3½ tons coal (up 27%).
These capacities even bore comparison with tender engines — a
‘Cauliflower’ carried 5 tons of coal (42% greater) but
slightly less water (2000 gals), and a ‘Special DX’
carried 12% less water. As the LNW had many water troughs this was
less important than other lines but is still indicative. Again Webb
buffers with large 18in diameter heads were needed.
Most had black livery but six appeared in LMS red livery from the start,
all being delivered after the LMS had taken over.
Most of the thirty tanks spent their working lives in the valleys
of South Wales, where most LNW lines could be classed as
steeply-graded but some were positively ferocious: The climb to the
Heads of the valleys from Abergavenny being at 1 in 38 and sharply
curved!
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