GWR 3300 Class explained

GWR Bulldog class
Powertype:Steam
Hatnote:Figures given are for 3341 class version
Designer:William Dean
Builder:GWR Swindon Works
Ordernumber:Lots 118, 120, 124, 137, 142, 148, 162, 163, 177
Builddate:1899–1910
Totalproduction:136 new + 20 rebuilt from Duke class
Whytetype:4-4-0
Uicclass:2′B h2
Leadingdiameter:3feet
Driverdiameter:5feet
Length:56feet over buffers
Width:8feet
Height:12feet
Axleload: full
Weightondrivers: full
Locoweight: full
Tenderweight: full
Locotenderweight: full
Fueltype:Coal
Watercap:3000impgal
Boilerpressure:200lbf/in2
Firearea:20.35square feet
Tubearea:1144.95square feet
Fireboxarea:121.8square feet
Superheaterarea:82.2square feet
Cylindercount:Two, inside
Cylindersize:18x
Valvegear:Stephenson
Tractiveeffort:21060lbf
Trainbrakes:Vacuum
Operator:GWR » BR
Powerclass:GWR: B
Fleetnumbers:3353–3372, 3413–3432, 3443–3472, 3701–3745 renumbered 3341–3455 in 1912
Axleloadclass:GWR: Blue
Withdrawndate:1929-1951

The Bulldog and Bird classes were double-framed inside cylinder 4-4-0 steam locomotives used for passenger services on the Great Western Railway. The Bird Class were a development of the Bulldogs with strengthened outside frames, of which a total of fifteen were built. A total of 121 Bulldogs were built new, with a further twenty rebuilt from Duke Class locomotives. Thirty Bulldogs were later rebuilt as Earl Class locomotives and renumbered 3265 (prototype conversion), 3200-3228.

History

No. 3312 Bulldog was built in October 1898, with curved outside frames, a domed parallel boiler with a raised Belpaire firebox and a wrapper-type smokebox. The boiler was a prototype for the parallel version of Churchward's Standard No. 2 boilers. Bulldog was originally classed as a variant of the Duke Class.

In October 1899 no. 3352 Camel appeared with the final form of the parallel No. 2 boiler, domeless, with a raised Belpaire firebox and a circular drumhead smokebox supported on a curved saddle. A further twenty locomotives, nos. 3332 to 3351, were built between November 1899 and March 1900. Between May and December 1900 a second batch of twenty Camels (as the class were initially known) were built with straight-topped outside frames. These were numbered 3353 to 3372. A third batch, 3413 to 3432 were built between December 1902 and May 1903; these were the last to be built with parallel boilers.

In September 1903 no. 3443 Birkenhead was built with a tapered Standard No. 2 boiler. The boiler was tapered only over the rear half of the barrel, and this type became known as the "half-cone"; a later version of the No. 2 boiler was tapered over three-quarters of the barrel. A further twenty-nine locomotives were built with the half-cone boiler between September 1903 and April 1904, bringing the class total to ninety-one.

Between April and September 1906 thirty locomotives were built with the three-quarter coned No. 2 boiler. In March 1906, Bulldog was rebuilt with the same type of boiler, and the class now became known as the Bulldog Class. From October 1906 to January 1909 eighteen of the Duke Class were converted to Bulldogs by the fitting of No. 2 boilers. A further member of the Duke Class, no. 3273 Armorel, had been fitted with a parallel domeless boiler in February 1902, thus becoming a Camel Class locomotive. It ran with tapered boilers of various types from April 1906.

The Bird Class were a development of the Bulldog Class with deeper outside frames and a new type of bogie. Previously all outside framed bogies on GWR locomotives had been of the Dean centreless type. Churchward adapted a French design of bogie, as used on the de Glehn Atlantics, to produce a bar-framed bogie for his standard locomotives. This inside-framed bogie design was adapted to produce an outside-framed replacement for the Dean bogie. The Birds were built in two batches; nos. 3731 to 3735 in May 1909 and nos. 3736 to 3745 from November 1909 to January 1910.

Table of orders and numbers! Year !! Quantity !! Lot No. !! Works Nos. !! Loco Nos. (new) !! Loco nos. (1912) !! Frames
1899–1900 20 118 1743–1762 3332–3351 3320–3339 align=left Curved
1899 1 120 1773 3352 3340 align=left Curved
1900 20 124 1806–1825 3353–3372 3341–3360 align=left Straight
1902–03 20 137 1970–1989 3413–3432 3361–3380 align=left Straight
1903 10 142 2003–2012 3443–3452 3381–3390 align=left Straight
1904 20 148 2036–2055 3453–3472 3391–3410 align=left Straight
1906 15 162 2169–2183 3701–3715 3411–3425 align=left Straight
1906 15 163 2184–2198 3716–3730 3426–3440 align=left Straight
1909–10 15 177 2350–2364 3731–3745 3441–3455 align=left Straight, deep (Bird class)

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. The 3300-3455 series had previously contained locomotives of Duke, Badminton, Atbara, City and a number of Bulldog class locomotives. After the renumbering, nos. 3300–19 were former Duke class locomotives rebuilt as Bulldogs between 1902 and 1909; nos. 3320–3440 were those built as Bulldogs; and nos. 3441–55 were the Bird class.

No. 3320 Avalon was the first of the Bulldog Class to be withdrawn, in August 1929, followed by no. 3365 Charles Grey Mott, withdrawn in January 1930. The frames of 3365 were used to construct the first of the Earl Class, no. 3265 Tre Pol and Pen. The last to be withdrawn was no. 3377 Penzance in January 1951.

All of the Bird Class survived into British Railways ownership, being withdrawn between April 1948 and November 1951, the last two being no. 3453 Seagull and no. 3454 Skylark.

No Bulldogs were preserved; however the frames of no. 3425 survive under Earl no. 9017 'Earl of Berkeley' at the Bluebell Railway.

Accidents and incidents

Bulldog Class

First
No.		1912
No.		NameBuiltWithdrawnNotes
32533300Pendennis CastleName removed in May 1923
32623301PowderhamName removed in May 1923
32633302Sir Lancelot
32643303St. AnthonyName removed in August 1930
32683304River Tamar
32693305TintagelName removed in August 1930
32733306Armorel
32793307Exmoor
32803308FalmouthName removed in August 1930
32823309Maristow
32863310St. JustName removed in July 1930
33123311Bulldog
33163312Isle of Guernsey
33183313Jupiter
33223314Mersey
33243315Quantock
33253316St. ColumbName removed in August 1930
33273317Somerset
33303318Vulcan1946
33313319WeymouthName removed in May 1930
33323320Avalon
33333321Brasenose
33343322Eclipse
33353323Etona
33363324GlastonburyName removed in October 1930
33373325KenilworthName removed in July 1930
33383326LairaName removed in July 1930
33393327Marco Polo
33403328MarazionName removed in January 1931
33413329Mars
33423330Orion
33433331Pegasus
33443332Pluto
33453333Perseus
33463334Tavy
33473335TregothnanName removed in December 1930
33483336Titan
33493337The Wolf
33503338Swift
33513339Sedgemoor
33523340Camel
33533341Blasius
33543342Bonaventura
33553343Camelot
33563344DartmouthName removed in November 1930
33573345Smeaton
33583346Godolphin
33593347KingsbridgeName removed in September 1930
33603348LauncestonName removed in November 1930
33613349Lyonesse
33623350NewlynName removed in July 1930
33633351One and All
33643352Pendragon
33653353Plymouthrenamed Pershore Plum in May 1927
33663354RestormelName removed in September 1930
33673355St. AubynName removed in September 1930
33683356Sir Stafford
33693357Trelawny
33703358TremayneName refers to the Cornish family whose members also included Arthur Tremayne (1827 - 1905) and John Claude Lewis Tremayne (1869 - 1949)
33713359Tregeagle
33723360TorquayName removed in September 1930
34133361Edward VIIName removed in May 1927
34143362Albert Brassey <-- Director in 1905 -->
34153363Baldwin <-- Director in 1905 -->Renamed Alfred Baldwin in April 1903
34163364Bibby <-- Director in 1905 -->Renamed Frank Bibby in April 1903
34173365C. G. Mott <-- Director in 1905 -->Renamed Charles Grey Mott in January 1904. Rebuilt to Earl 3265
34183366Earl of CorkName removed in May 1936
34193367Evan Llewllyn <-- Director in 1905 -->
34203368Ernest Palmer <-- Director in 1905 -->Renamed Sir Ernest Palmer in February 1916; name removed in January 1924
34213369Mac Iver <-- Director in 1905 -->Renamed David Mac Iver in June 1903
34223370Sir John Llewelyn <-- Director in 1905 -->
34233371Sir MasseyRenamed Sir Massey Lopes in October 1903
34243372Sir Nigel <-- Director in 1905 -->Renamed Sir N. Kingscote in December 1903
34253373Sir W. H. Wills <-- Director in 1905 -->Renamed Sir William Henry in January 1906
34263374Walter Long <-- Director in 1905 -->Rebuilt as Earl 3213
34273375Sir Watkin Wynn <-- Director in 1905 -->
34283376River Plym
34293377PenzanceName removed in August 1930
34303378River TaweName removed in 1939
34313379River Fal
34323380River YealmRebuilt as Earl 3218
34433381BirkenheadName removed in August 1930
34443382CardiffName removed in May 1927
34453383IlfracombeName removed in August 1930
34463384LiverpoolRenamed Swindon in October 1903; name removed in May 1927
34473385NewportName removed in May 1927
34483386PaddingtonName removed in May 1927
34493387ReadingName removed in May 1927
34503388SwanseaName removed in May 1927
34513389TauntonName removed in May 1927
34523390WolverhamptonName removed in May 1927; rebuilt as Earl 3226
34533391Dominion of Canada
34543392New ZealandRebuilt as Earl 3209
34553393Australia
34563394Albany
34573395Tasmania
34583396Natal Colony
34593397Toronto
34603398Montreal
34613399Ottawa
34623400Winnipeg
34633401Vancouver
34643402JamaicaRebuilt as Earl 3210
34653403TrinidadRebuilt as Earl 3208
34663404BarbadosRebuilt as Earl 3216
34673405Empire of IndiaRebuilt as Earl 3212
34683406Calcutta
34693407Madras
34703408Bombay
34713409QueenslandRebuilt as Earl 3224
34723410ColumbiaRebuilt as Earl 3207
37013411Stanley BaldwinNamed in January 1909; name removed in July 1937. Rebuilt as Earl 3221
37023412John G. GriffithsNamed in July 1914. Rebuilt as Earl 3201
37033413James Mason <-- Director 1910-29 -->Rebuilt as Earl 3205
37043414A. H. MillsNamed in July 1914; renamed Sir Edward Elgar in 1932; rebuilt as Earl 3220
37053415George A. WillsRebuilt as Earl 3211
37063416John W. WilsonRebuilt as Earl 3202
37073417Francis MildmayRenamed Lord Mildmay of Fleet; renamed Lord Mildmay of Flete in 1923
37083418Sir Arthur Yorke
37093419—
37103420—Rebuilt as Earl 3215
37113421—
37123422AberystwythNamed in June 1913; name removed in August 1930. Rebuilt as Earl 3200
37133423—Rebuilt as Earl 3223
37143424—Rebuilt as Earl 3203
37153425—Rebuilt as Earl 3217
37163426—
37173427—Rebuilt as Earl 3219
37183428—Rebuilt as Earl 3206
37193429—Rebuilt as Earl 3228
37203430InchcapeNamed in February 1923
37213431—
37223432—
37233433—Rebuilt as Earl 3227
37243434Joseph Shaw <-- Director 1917-30 -->Rebuilt as Earl 3214
37253435—
37263436—Rebuilt as Earl 3222
37273437—Rebuilt as Earl 3225
37283438—
37293439Weston-super-MareName removed in August 1930. Rebuilt as Earl 3204
37303440—

Bird Class

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No.		1912
No.		NameBuiltWithdrawnNotes
37313441Blackbird19091949
37323442Bullfinch19091948
37333443Chaffinch19091949
37343444Cormorant19091951
37353445Flamingo19091948
37363446Goldfinch19091948
37373447Jackdaw19091951
37383448Kingfisher19091949
37393449Nightingale19091951
37403450Peacock19091949
37413451Pelican19101951
37423452Penguin19101948
37433453Seagull19101951
37443454Skylark19101951
37453455Starling19101950

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