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GWR 3232 Class

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Design
Use
References
Sources

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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.

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.

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 A few went later to Machynlleth and Oswestry, where the last survivor was withdrawn in 1930.{{sfn|Tabor|1956|pp=D40-D42}}

References

Sources

{{cite book |last=Tabor |first=F.J. |editor-last=White |editor-first=D.E. |title=The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part four: Six-wheeled Tender Engines |date=February 1956 |publisher=RCTS |location=Kenilworth |ref=harv }}

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