page_title: GWR 3200 Class
hierarchical_section_title: GWR 3200 Class
caption_attribution_description: English: Aberystwyth - Shrewsbury train at Talerddig. View NW, towards Machynlleth etc.; ex-Cambrian Whitchurch - Oswestry - Welshpool - Machynlleth - Aberystwith/Barmouth - Pwllheli main line. The 12.00 Aberystwyth - Shrewsbury stopping train is entering the loop at Talerddig and will turn off beyond Welshpool at Buttington onto the ex-GW&amp;LNW Joint line to Shrewsbury. The locomotive is 'Dukedog' 4-4-0 No. 9004 built in 8/36 as No. 3204 from 'Duke' No. 3271 and 'Bulldog No. 3439, named 'Earl of Dartmouth' for a few months only, renumbered 9004 in 7/46 and withdrawn 6/60. I was travelling in an ex-GW Diesel railcar on a Special hired to convey members of the (pioneer) Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society from Paddington to Towyn for their 1953 Annual General Meeting, which was a splendid way to see the Cambrian Coast route from London - except that the railcar broke down in the middle of the night on the return journey.
context_page_description: The Great Western Railway 3200 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 steam locomotive classes to retain outside frames.
context_section_description: 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 steam locomotive classes to retain outside frames.
caption: 9004 on the Cambrian Coast line
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