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GWR 3200 class 
Preserved GWR 9017 Earl of Berkeley at Horsted Keynes railway station Power type Steam Designer Charles Collett (rebuild) Rebuilder GWR Swindon Works Rebuild date 1936–1939 Number rebuilt 30 Configuration 4-4-0 UIC classification 2'B h Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Leading wheel
diameter3 ft 8 in (1.118 m) Driver diameter 5 ft 8 in (1.727 m) Minimum curve 6 chains (400 ft; 120 m) normal,
5 chains (330 ft; 100 m) slowLength 56 ft 2 1⁄4 in (17.13 m) Width 8 ft 9 1⁄2 in (2.68 m) Height 12 ft 10 in (3.91 m) Axle load 15 tons 8 cwt (34,500 lb or 15.6 t) full Weight on drivers 30 tons 8 cwt (68,100 lb or 30.9 t) full Locomotive weight 49 tons 0 cwt (109,800 lb or 49.8 t) full Tender weight 40 tons 0 cwt (89,600 lb or 40.6 t) full Fuel type Coal Water capacity 3,500 imp gal (16,000 l; 4,200 US gal) Boiler pressure 180 lbf/in² (1.24 MPa) Firegrate area 17.0 sq ft (1.58 m2) Heating surface:
Tubes1,001.0 sq ft (93.00 m2) Heating surface:
Firebox108.0 sq ft (10.03 m2) Superheater area 81.2 sq ft (7.54 m2) Cylinders Two, inside Cylinder size 18 × 26 in (460 × 660 mm) Valve gear Stephenson Valve type Slide valves Tractive effort 18,955 lbf (84.32 kN) Career GWR » BR Power class GWR: B,
BR: 2PNumber 3265, 3200–3228; renumbered 9065, 9000–9028 Nicknames Dukedog Axle load class Yellow Withdrawn 1948–1960 Preserved 9017 Disposition One preserved, remainder scrapped The Great Western Railway 3200 Class (or 'Earl' Class) was a design of 4-4-0 steam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 was Dukedog since the locomotives were composed of former Duke Class boilers on Bulldog Class frames. As such they were one of the last steam locomotive classes to retain outside 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 (3200-3228) and were 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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Preservation
Preserved GWR 9017 in early British Railways livery at Llangollen in April 2009
Departing from Sheffield Park station on the Bluebell Line 18th October 2009One locomotive, No. 9017 Earl of Berkeley, survives in preservation at the Bluebell Railway where it is currently not in operation despite its overhaul in 2003. This is due to damage in the boiler which is currently too costly to repair.
Numbering
NB: In the table below, names in parentheses were allocated but never actually carried in GWR/BR service.
Numbers Rebuilt from Name 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 Sources
- Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, winter 1957/8 edition, part 1, page 19
- Whitehurst, Brian (1973). Great Western engines, names, numbers, types, classes: 1940 to preservation. Oxford Publishing. pp. 72, 102, 141. ISBN 0-902888-21-8. OCLC 815661.
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