| GWR 3232 Class |
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| Type and origin |
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| Power type | Steam |
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| Designer | William Dean |
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| Builder | GWR Swindon Works |
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| Order number | Lots 90, 93 |
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| Serial number | 1341–1350, 1381–1390 |
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| Build date | 1892–93 |
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| Total produced | 20 |
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The 3232 Class were 20 2-4-0 locomotives designed by William Dean and built at Swindon Works for the Great Western Railway in 1892–93, were the GWR's last completely new 2-4-0 design. Their number series was 3232–3251.
Design
They resembled Dean's own 2201 Class and thus also Armstrong's 806 Class, though they had larger cylinders and a shorter wheelbase. All received Belpaire boilers in the course of the normal varied reboilerings.
Table of orders and numbers
| Year |
Quantity |
Lot No. |
Works No. |
Locomotive Numbers |
Notes
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| 1892 |
10 |
90 |
1341–1350 |
3232–3241 |
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| 1893 |
10 |
93 |
1381–1390 |
3242–3251 |
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Use
At the start of their careers these engines replaced their sister 2201s on Swindon-Weymouth trains, on South Wales expresses, and on fast North-to-West trains. Others were in the London and Reading areas, where others also moved when 4-4-0s displaced them from express working. A few went later to Machynlleth and Oswestry, where the last survivor was withdrawn in 1930.
References
- Allcock, N. J.; Davies, F. K.; le Fleming, H. M.; Maskelyne, J. N.; Reed, P. J. T.; Tabor, F. J. (1968) [1951]. White, D. E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part one: Preliminary Survey. Kenilworth: RCTS.
- Tabor, F.J. (February 1956). White, D.E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part four: Six-wheeled Tender Engines. Kenilworth: RCTS.