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GWR Dean "3201" Class 2-4-0
General
Designer |
William Dean |
Introduced |
1884 |
Grouping Company |
Great Western Railway |
Wheel Arrangement |
2-4-0 |
Number Built as 3201 |
25 |
Number Scrapped |
25 |
Manufacturers |
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Orders |
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Historical Data |
The first loco built, 3201, was sold to the Pembroke & Tenby railway before delivery - the P&TR named this engine Stella. It returned to the GWR in 1896 still carrying it's name and so the epithet Stella was born. Three main varieties of Stella's were built. The original 5 were built as 2-4-0 tender engines. A further batch of broad gauge convertibles were built as tank engines with the wheels outside the frames. Finally, a batch of standard gauge tank engines were also built. |
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Power
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Standard Gauge tender |
Broad Gauge Tank |
Broad Gauge tender |
Standard Gauge Tank |
Variant Introduced |
1884 |
1885 |
1890 |
1885 |
Miscellaneous Differences |
Standard gauge, tender engines |
Built as broad gauge convertible tank engines. Some were rebuilt as 2-4-0 tender engines, also broad gauge. All later became standard gauge 2-4-0 Stella's.
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Rebuilt broad gauge 2-4-0 tender engines. All later became standard gauge 2-4-0 Stella's.
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As the broad guage but built to standard gauge. Subsequently rebuilt as 2-4-0 tender engines of the Stella class. |
Tractive Effort |
14,658lbs |
As Standard Gauge tender |
As Standard Gauge tender |
As Standard Gauge tender |
Inside Cylinders |
17" x 26" (2 off) |
As Standard Gauge tender |
As Standard Gauge tender |
As Standard Gauge tender |
Wheels
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Standard Gauge tender |
Broad Gauge Tank |
Broad Gauge tender |
Standard Gauge Tank |
Pony |
3' 7" |
As Standard Gauge tender |
As Standard Gauge tender |
As Standard Gauge tender |
Drivers |
5' 1" |
As Standard Gauge tender |
As Standard Gauge tender |
As Standard Gauge tender |
Locomotive Wheelbase |
17' |
As Standard Gauge tender |
As Standard Gauge tender |
As Standard Gauge tender |
Descriptive Wheelbase |
9' 3" + 7' 9" = 17' 0" |
As Standard Gauge tender |
As Standard Gauge tender |
As Standard Gauge tender |
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