2-4-0 Class 3232 GWR Profile and Models
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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. 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 A few went later to Machynlleth and Oswestry, where the last survivor was withdrawn in 1930. |
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Type of Locomotive |
Steam |
Builder |
Great Western Railway |
Build Date |
1892 to 1893 |
Total Built |
20 |
Tractive Effort |
Unknown |
Wheel Configuration |
2-4-0 |
Operated By |
Great Western Railway |
Main Duties |
Passenger Services |
In Service Until |
1930 |
Surviving Examples |
0 |
Products awaiting categorisation
Scale | Brand | Image | Construction Type | DCC Capability | Product Code | Product Title | Livery |
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OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) | Brassmasters | Requires assembly | Not set |
L2BM View |
GWR Class 3232 2-4-0 kit | Awaiting Categorisation |