GWR 3252 Class

The Great Western Railway Duke Class 4-4-0 steam locomotives for passenger train work, built in five batches between 1895 and 1899 for express working in Devon and Cornwall. William Dean was their designer, possibly with the collaboration of his assistant, George Jackson Churchward. Four prototype 4-4-0s, of the Armstrong Class, had already been built in 1894.

Twenty of the 3252 Class were later rebuilt as members of the Bulldog Class. A further thirty locos were later rebuilt as Earl Class locomotives; the prototype (number 3265) was not renumbered, but the others took numbers 3200-3228.

This class were subject to the 1912 renumbering of GWR 4-4-0 locomotives, which saw the Bulldog Class gathered together in the series 3300-3455, and other types renumbered out of that series. This class took numbers 3252-3291, which had previously been used by the first batch of Duke Class locomotives. The surviving locomotives were again renumbered into the 90xx series in 1946 upon introduction of new 2251 Class locomotives, which reused the 32xx numbers. All 11 of the 90xxs passed into British Railways stock in 1948, but the new Manor Class engines superseded them in central Wales and the last of them was withdrawn in 1951.

Numbers			Names
First	Second	Third	First	Second
3252	3252	Earl 3214	Duke of Cornwall
3253	Bulldog 3300		Pendennis Castle
3254	3253	Earl 3223	Boscawen
3255	3254	9054	Cornubia
3256	3255	Earl 3205	Excalibur
3257	3256	Earl 3228	Guinevere
3258	3257	Earl 3213	King Arthur	Denamed in 1927
3259	3258	Earl 3217	Lizard	The Lizard
3260	3259	Earl 3221	Merlin
3261	3260	Earl 3219	Mount Edgcumbe
3262	Bulldog 3301		Powderham
3263	Bulldog 3302		Sir Lancelot
3264	Bulldog 3303		St. Anthony
3265	3261	Earl 3212	St. Germans
3266	3262	Earl 3215	St. Ives
3267	3263	Earl 3201	St. Michael
3268	Bulldog 3304		Tamar	River Tamar
3269	Bulldog 3305		Tintagel
3270	3264	9064	Trevithick
3271	3265	Earl 3265	Tre Pol and Pen
3272	3266	Earl 3218	Amyas
3273	Bulldog 3306		Armorel
3274	3267	Earl 3206	Cornishman
3275	3268	Earl 3225	Chough
3276	3269	Earl 3210	Dartmoor
3277	3270	Earl 3226	Earl of Devon	Denamed in 1930
3278	3271	Earl 3204	Eddystone
3279	Bulldog 3307		Exmoor
3280	Bulldog 3308		Falmouth
3281	3272	9072	Fowey	Denamed in 1930
3282	Bulldog 3309		Maristowe
3283	3273	9073	Mount's Bay
3284	3274	Earl 3207	Newquay	Denamed in 1930
3285	3275	Earl 3203	St. Erth	Denamed in 1930
3286	Bulldog 3310		St. Just
3287	3276	9076	St. Agnes	Denamed in 1930
3288	3277	Earl 3209	Tresco	Isle of Tresco
3289	3278	Earl 3222	Trefusis
3290	3279	Earl 3220	Torbay	Tor Bay
3291	3280	Earl 3227	Tregenna	Denamed in 1930
3312	Bulldog 3311		Bulldog
3313	3281	Earl 3211	Cotswold
3314	3282	Earl 3216	Chepstow Castle	Denamed in 1930
3315	3283	9083	Comet
3316	Bulldog 3312		Guernsey	Isle of Guernsey
3317	3284	9084	Jersey	Isle of Jersey
3318	Bulldog 3313		Jupiter
3319	3285	Earl 3208	Katerfelto
3320	3286	Earl 3202	Meteor
3321	3287	9087	Mercury
3322	Bulldog 3314		Mersey
3323	3288	Earl 3200	Mendip
3324	Bulldog 3315		Quantock
3325	Bulldog 3316		St. Columb
3326	3289	9089	St Austell	Denamed in 1930
3327	Bulldog 3317		Somerset
3328	3290	Earl 3224	Severn
3329	3291	9091	Thames
3330	Bulldog 3318		Vulcan
3331	Bulldog 3319		Weymouth