GWR 3232 Class
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The 3232 Class, 20 2-4-0 locomotives designed by William Dean and built at Swindon Works for the Great Western Railway
in 1892-3, were the GWR's last completely new 2-4-0 design. Their number series was 3232-3251, and 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.
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 A few went later to Machynlleth and Oswestry, where the last survivor was withdrawn in 1930.
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
in 1892-3, were the GWR's last completely new 2-4-0 design. Their number series was 3232-3251, and they resembled Dean's own 2201 Class
GWR 2201 Class
The GWR 2201 Class was a class of standard gauge 2-4-0 steam locomotive built at Swindon Works under the aegis of William Dean for express passenger service on the Great Western Railway. Built in 1881-2, they were numbered 2201-2220 and were in essentials a continuation of Joseph Armstrong's 806...
and thus also Armstrong
Joseph Armstrong (engineer)
Joseph Armstrong was a British locomotive engineer and the second locomotive superintendent of the Great Western Railway...
's 806 Class
GWR 806 Class
The 806 Class was Joseph Armstrong's last design of 2-4-0 mixed-traffic locomotives for the Great Western Railway, built at Swindon Works in 1873. A further 20 locomotives were added by Armstrong's successor William Dean in 1881-2; numbered 2201-2220, these had modern domeless boilers...
, though they had larger cylinders and a shorter wheelbase. All received Belpaire boilers in the course of the normal varied reboilerings.
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.