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GWR 3200 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1930· class of 30 two-cylinder 4-4-0 locomotives rebuilt from Duke and Bulldog class locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. British Rail engine 'Duke-Dog' waits for a signal to draw into Oswestry station (1572584): Geoff Charles· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. British Rail engine 'Duke-Dog' waits for a signal to draw into Oswestry station (1572585): Geoff Charles· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. "The Train Station" (31246652568): David Merrett from Daventry, England· CC BY 2.0
- 4. 1976-05-18 Engeland - Sheffield Park station, oude locomotief: Guus Gorter· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 21C123smallRSBR: Bluebellnutter ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. 488smallRSBR: Bluebellnutter ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. 9017 and Vintage Train KC: Peter Skuce· Public domain
- 8. 9017 Earl of Berkeley at Sheffield Park: Dan Davison from Rochford, England· CC BY 2.0
- 9. Buckfastleigh - 5526 and 9017 departing: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Buckfastleigh - 9017 shunting: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Great Western Railway 3200 Class (or 'Earl' Class) was a design of 4-4-0 steam locomotive for passenger train work. The nickname for this class, almost universally used at the time these engines were in service, was Dukedog since the locomotives were composed of former Duke Class boilers on Bulldog Class frames. As such they were one of the last standard gauge steam locomotive classes to retain outside frames.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 96 years ago, in 1930.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 30 years (1930–1960).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1930
- in service from
- 1930
- retired
- 1960
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Swindon Works
- designer
- Charles Collett (rebuild)
- operators
- Great Western Railway, British Rail, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 17.1 m
- weight
- 49.8 t
- nicknames
- Dukedog
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514932, Wikipedia: GWR 3200 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.