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GWR Dean "3300" Class 4-4-0

**Class Types**
GWR Class	3300

General

Designer

William Dean

Introduced

1899

Grouping Company

Great Western Railway

Description (1957)

Dean and Churchward 5' 8" 4-4-0's with outside frames, built between 1899 and 1910. The majority of the class carried miscellaneous names, the last fifteen, Nos. 3441-3455, being named after birds. The class was generally known as 'Bulldogs', the name carried by No. 3311, one of the original locomotives. No. 3335 was the only survivor of the earlier series which had curved frames over the driving wheels, the later ones having straight frames. The last of the class was withdrawn in 1951.

Wheel Arrangement

4-4-0

Number Built as 3300

121

First in Service

10/1899

Last in Service

11/1951

Manufacturers

Manufacturer	Total
Swindon Works	141

Orders

Builder	Sponsor	Order #	Date	Size
Swindon Works		118	1899	20
Swindon Works		120	1899	1
Swindon Works		124	1900	20
Swindon Works		137	1902	20
Swindon Works		142	1903	10
Swindon Works		148	1904	20
Swindon Works		162	1906	15
Swindon Works		163	1906	15

**Power**
	Bulldog	Bulldog
Variant Introduced	1899	1900
Miscellaneous Differences	Curved frames	Straight frames

**Wheels**
	Bulldog	Bulldog

**Dimensions**
	Bulldog	Bulldog

**Boiler & Firebox**
	Bulldog	Bulldog

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