GWR 3200 Class
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 Preserved GWR Earl of Berkeley at Horsted Keynes railway station |
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| Power type | Steam |
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| Designer | Collett (rebuild) |
| Builder | GWR |
| Build date | 1936 |
| Configuration | 4-4-0 |
| Gauge | 4' 8½" |
| Driver size | 5' 8" |
| Locomotive weight | 49 tons 0 cwt |
| Fuel type | coal |
| Boiler pressure | 180 psi |
| Cylinders | two inside |
| Cylinder size | 18" x 26" |
| Tractive effort | 18,955 lbf |
| Class | 2P |
The Great Western Railway Earl Class 4-4-0 steam locomotives for passenger train work. The nickname for this class was Dukedog since the locomotives were composed of former Duke Class boilers on Bulldog Class frames. The first, prototype conversion retained its Duke number and name (3265 Tre Pol and Pen), but the others took new numbers in the 32xx series and given the names of Earls. These names were removed in 1937 and re-applied to Castle Class locomotives. All these locomotives were renumbered 90xx in 1946 upon delivery of new 2251 Class engines.
These locomotives were in regular use on the Cambrian Line in the 1950s. They were one of the few classes light enough to be permitted on the wooden Barmouth Bridge. Others were the GWR 2251 Class and the LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0.
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[edit] Preservation
One No.9017 Earl of Berkeley survives in preservation at the Bluebell Railway where it is currently running after an overhaul in 2003.
[edit] Numbering
NB: In the table below, names in italics were allocated but never actually carried.
| Numbers | Rebuilt from | Name |
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| 3265 / 9065 | 3265 & 3365 | Tre Pol and Pen |
| 3200 / 9000 | 3288 & 3422 | Earl of Mount Edgcumbe |
| 3201 / 9001 | 3263 & 3412 | Earl of Dunraven |
| 3202 / 9002 | 3286 & 3416 | Earl of Dudley |
| 3203 / 9003 | 3275 & 3424 | Earl Cawdor |
| 3204 / 9004 | 3271 & 3439 | Earl of Dartmouth |
| 3205 / 9005 | 3255 & 3413 | Earl of Devon |
| 3206 / 9006 | 3267 & 3428 | Earl of Plymouth |
| 3207 / 9007 | 3274 & 3410 | Earl of St. Germans |
| 3208 / 9008 | 3285 & 3403 | Earl Bathurst |
| 3209 / 9009 | 3277 & 3392 | Earl of Radnor |
| 3210 / 9010 | 3269 & 3402 | Earl Cairns |
| 3211 / 9011 | 3281 & 3415 | Earl of Ducie |
| 3212 / 9012 | 3261 & 3405 | Earl of Eldon |
| 3213 / 9013 | 3257 & 3374 | Earl of Powis |
| 3214 / 9014 | 3252 & 3434 | Earl Waldegrave |
| 3215 / 9015 | 3262 & 3420 | Earl of Clancarty |
| 3216 / 9016 | 3282 & 3404 | Earl St Aldwyn |
| 3217 / 9017 | 3258 & 3425 | Earl of Berkeley |
| 3218 / 9018 | 3266 & 3380 | Earl of Birkenhead |
| 3219 / 9019 | 3260 & 3427 | Earl of Shaftesbury |
| 3220 / 9020 | 3279 & 3414 | |
| 3221 / 9021 | 3259 & 3411 | |
| 3222 / 9022 | 3278 & 3436 | |
| 3223 / 9023 | 3253 & 3423 | |
| 3224 / 9024 | 3290 & 3409 | |
| 3225 / 9025 | 3268 & 3437 | |
| 3226 / 9026 | 3270 & 3390 | |
| 3227 / 9027 | 3280 & 3433 | |
| 3228 / 9028 | 3256 & 3429 |
[edit] Sources
- Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, winter 1957/8 edition, part 1, page 19
[edit] External links
- http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_440_dukedog.htm
- Earl of Berkeley Pictures
- Earl of Berkeley Bluebell Railway loco page
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