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GWR Dean "3252" Class 4-4-0


Class Types
GWR Class 3252

General
Designer William Dean
Introduced 1895
Grouping Company Great Western Railway
Description (1957) The survivors of Dean's 'Duke of Cornwall' class 4-4-0's, a series of forty engines built between 1895 and 1899. They had outside frames and 5' 8" driving wheels. Built for service over the steeply graded Cornwall lines, they were latterly used principally on the former Cambrian Railways. The majority of the class carried names associated with the West Country. Until 1946 they were numbered 3254, 3264, etc. All the surviving locomotives of this class were withdrawn by 1951.
Wheel Arrangement 4-4-0
Number Built as 3252 60
First in Service 06/1896
Last in Service 07/1951
Manufacturers
ManufacturerTotal
Swindon Works 60
Orders
BuilderSponsorOrder #DateSize
Swindon Works  101 1895 8
Swindon Works  97 1895 2
Swindon Works  102 1896 10
Swindon Works  105 1896 20
Swindon Works  113 1898 20

Power
Variant Introduced 1895

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Dimensions

Boiler & Firebox