The 3206 or Barnum Class consisted of 20 locomotives built at Swindon Works for the Great Western Railway in 1889, and was William Dean 's most successful 2-4-0 design. Numbered 3206–3225, they were the last GWR locos built at Swindon with "sandwich" frames (outside frames consisting of timber between two sheets of steel).

The 3206 or Barnum Class consisted of 20 locomotives built at Swindon Works for the Great Western Railway in 1889, and was William Dean's most successful 2-4-0 design.

A Great Western Railway 3206 (Barnum) class 2-4-0 locomotive with an ambulance train speeds past Hockley Station. This photograph appeared in the Great Western Railway magazine in January 1915, so probably shows one of the original ambulance trains.

This path-finding class of goods locomotives broke the 2-2-2 mold when the GWR ordered them from three different builders. R & W Hawthorn's three (works numbers 319-321) were produced in January and March.

Jun 6, 2008 · The 3206 or Barnum Class consisted of 20 locomotives built at Swindon Works for the Great Western Railway in 1889, and was William Dean's most successful 2-4-0 design.

class of 20 British 2-4-0 locomotives

Great Western Railway 2-4-0 ‘3206’ or ‘Barnum’ class No 3212 seen waiting at the starting signal with an up local passenger train at Knowle and Dorridge Station circa 1910. The wooden lap slatted building behind the locomotive is the original broad gauge goods shed.

JH-1 rips through Middlesex, NJ on the former CNJ three track. Good friend and fellow fan Larry Lane delivers coffee and to the headend crew of JN-5. We sat and shot the bull with the crew …

Jun 6, 2008 · The 3206 or Barnum Class consisted of 20 locomotives built at Swindon Works for the Great Western Railway in 1889, and was William Dean's most successful 2-4-0 design.

A well engineered 5in. gauge model of the GWR Collett 0-6-0 Goods locomotive and tender No. 3206, built by H. Roberts with brazed superheated copper boiler stamped N13-80-048 with fittings including water and pressure gauges, safety, blower, whistle, injector, steam brake, clack and blowdown valves.