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
thumb|Original pre-1912 nameplate of 3338 Laira
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.
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.
thumb|3373 [[:en:William Wills, 1st Baron Winterstoke|Sir William Henry, straight frames, tapered boiler, built 1903]]
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. 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. 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 The last to be withdrawn was no. 3377 Penzance in January 1951.
All of the Bird Class survived into British Railways ownership, being withdrawn between April 1948 and November 1951, the last two being no. 3453 Seagull and no. 3454 Skylark.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
- In 1904, locomotive No. 3460 Montreal was hauling a passenger train with GWR 1661 Class 0-6-0ST No. 1674, when it was derailed at Loughor, Glamorgan due to excessive speed. Five people were killed and eighteen were injured.
Bulldog Class
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!First<br/>No.
!1912<br/>No.
!Name
!Built
!Withdrawn
!Notes
|-
|3253
|3300
|align=left|Pendennis Castle
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in May 1923
|-
|align=center|3262
|align=center|3301
|align=left|Powderham
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in May 1923
|-
|3263
|3302
|align=left|Sir Lancelot
|
|
|
|-
|3264
|3303
|align=left|St. Anthony
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in August 1930
|-
|3268
|3304
|align=left|River Tamar
|
|
|
|-
|3269
|3305
|align=left|Tintagel
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in August 1930
|-
|3273
|3306
|align=left|Armorel
|
|
|
|-
|3279
|3307
|align=left|Exmoor
|
|
|
|-
|3280
|3308
|align=left|Falmouth
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in August 1930
|-
|3282
|3309
|align=left|Maristow
|
|
|
|-
|3286
|3310
|align=left|St. Just
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in July 1930
|-
|3312
|3311
|align=left|Bulldog
|
|
|
|-
|3316
|3312
|align=left|Isle of Guernsey
|
|
|
|-
|3318
|3313
|align=left|Jupiter
|
|
|
|-
|3322
|3314
|align=left|Mersey
|
|
|
|-
|3324
|3315
|align=left|Quantock
|
|
|
|-
|3325
|3316
|align=left|St. Columb
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in August 1930
|-
|3327
|3317
|align=left|Somerset
|
|
|
|-
|3330
|3318
|align=left|Vulcan
|
|1946
|
|-
|3331
|3319
|align=left|Weymouth
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in May 1930
|-
|3332
|3320
|align=left|Avalon
|
|
|
|-
|3333
|3321
|align=left|Brasenose
|
|
|
|-
|3334
|3322
|align=left|Eclipse
|
|
|
|-
|3335
|3323
|align=left|Etona
|
|
|
|-
|3336
|3324
|align=left|Glastonbury
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in October 1930
|-
|3337
|3325
|align=left|Kenilworth
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in July 1930
|-
|3338
|3326
|align=left|Laira
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in July 1930
|-
|3339
|3327
|align=left|Marco Polo
|
|
|
|-
|3340
|3328
|align=left|Marazion
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in January 1931
|-
|3341
|3329
|align=left|Mars
|
|
|
|-
|3342
|3330
|align=left|Orion
|
|
|
|-
|3343
|3331
|align=left|Pegasus
|
|
|
|-
|3344
|3332
|align=left|Pluto
|
|
|
|-
|3345
|3333
|align=left|Perseus
|
|
|
|-
|3346
|3334
|align=left|Tavy
|
|
|
|-
|3347
|3335
|align=left|Tregothnan
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in December 1930
|-
|3348
|3336
|align=left|Titan
|
|
|
|-
|3349
|3337
|align=left|The Wolf
|
|
|
|-
|3350
|3338
|align=left|Swift
|
|
|
|-
|3351
|3339
|align=left|Sedgemoor
|
|
|
|-
|3352
|3340
|align=left|Camel
|
|
|
|-
|3353
|3341
|align=left|Blasius
|
|
|
|-
|3354
|3342
|align=left|Bonaventura
|
|
|
|-
|3355
|3343
|align=left|Camelot
|
|
|
|-
|3356
|3344
|align=left|Dartmouth
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in November 1930
|-
|3357
|3345
|align=left|Smeaton
|
|
|
|-
|3358
|3346
|align=left|Godolphin
|
|
|
|-
|3359
|3347
|align=left|Kingsbridge
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in September 1930
|-
|3360
|3348
|align=left|Launceston
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in November 1930
|-
|3361
|3349
|align=left|Lyonesse
|
|
|
|-
|3362
|3350
|align=left|Newlyn
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in July 1930
|-
|3363
|3351
|align=left|One and All
|
|
|
|-
|3364
|3352
|align=left|Pendragon
|
|
|
|-
|3365
|3353
|align=left|Plymouth
|
|
|align=left|renamed Pershore Plum in May 1927
|-
|3366
|3354
|align=left|Restormel
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in September 1930
|-
|3367
|3355
|align=left|St. Aubyn
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in September 1930
|-
|3368
|3356
|align=left|Sir Stafford
|
|
|
|-
|3369
|3357
|align=left|Trelawny
|
|
|
|-
|3370
|3358
|align=left|Tremayne
|
|
|align=left|Name refers to the Cornish family whose members also included Arthur Tremayne (1827 - 1905) and John Claude Lewis Tremayne (1869 - 1949)
|-
|3371
|3359
|align=left|Tregeagle
|
|
|
|-
|3372
|3360
|align=left|Torquay
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in September 1930
|-
|3413
|3361
|align=left|Edward VII
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in May 1927
|-
|3414
|3362
|align=left|Albert Brassey <!-- Director in 1905 -->
|
|
|
|-
|3415
|3363
|align=left|Baldwin <!-- Director in 1905 -->
|
|
|align=left|Renamed Alfred Baldwin in April 1903
|-
|3416
|3364
|align=left|Bibby <!-- Director in 1905 -->
|
|
|align=left|Renamed Frank Bibby in April 1903
|-
|3417
|3365
|align=left|C. G. Mott <!-- Director in 1905 -->
|
|
|align=left|Renamed Charles Grey Mott in January 1904. Rebuilt to Earl 3265
|-
|3418
|3366
|align=left|Earl of Cork
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in May 1936
|-
|3419
|3367
|align=left|Evan Llewllyn <!-- Director in 1905 -->
|
|
|
|-
|3420
|3368
|align=left|Ernest Palmer <!-- Director in 1905 -->
|
|
|align=left|Renamed Sir Ernest Palmer in February 1916; name removed in January 1924
|-
|3421
|3369
|align=left|Mac Iver <!-- Director in 1905 -->
|
|
|align=left|Renamed David Mac Iver in June 1903
|-
|3422
|3370
|align=left|Sir John Llewelyn <!-- Director in 1905 -->
|
|
|
|-
|3423
|3371
|align=left|Sir Massey
|
|
|align=left|Renamed Sir Massey Lopes in October 1903
|-
|3424
|3372
|align=left|Sir Nigel <!-- Director in 1905 -->
|
|
|align=left|Renamed Sir N. Kingscote in December 1903
|-
|3425
|3373
|align=left|Sir W. H. Wills <!-- Director in 1905 -->
|
|
|align=left|Renamed Sir William Henry in January 1906
|-
|3426
|3374
|align=left|Walter Long <!-- Director in 1905 -->
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3213
|-
|3427
|3375
|align=left|Sir Watkin Wynn <!-- Director in 1905 -->
|
|
|
|-
|3428
|3376
|align=left|River Plym
|
|
|
|-
|3429
|3377
|align=left|Penzance
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in August 1930
|-
|3430
|3378
|align=left|River Tawe
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in 1939
|-
|3431
|3379
|align=left|River Fal
|
|
|
|-
|3432
|3380
|align=left|River Yealm
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3218
|-
|3443
|3381
|align=left|Birkenhead
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in August 1930
|-
|3444
|3382
|align=left|Cardiff
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in May 1927
|-
|3445
|3383
|align=left|Ilfracombe
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in August 1930
|-
|3446
|3384
|align=left|Liverpool
|
|
|align=left|Renamed Swindon in October 1903; name removed in May 1927
|-
|3447
|3385
|align=left|Newport
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in May 1927
|-
|3448
|3386
|align=left|Paddington
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in May 1927
|-
|3449
|3387
|align=left|Reading
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in May 1927
|-
|3450
|3388
|align=left|Swansea
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in May 1927
|-
|3451
|3389
|align=left|Taunton
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in May 1927
|-
|3452
|3390
|align=left|Wolverhampton
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in May 1927; rebuilt as Earl 3226
|-
|3453
|3391
|align=left|Dominion of Canada
|
|
|
|-
|3454
|3392
|align=left|New Zealand
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3209
|-
|3455
|3393
|align=left|Australia
|
|
|
|-
|3456
|3394
|align=left|Albany
|
|
|
|-
|3457
|3395
|align=left|Tasmania
|
|
|
|-
|3458
|3396
|align=left|Natal Colony
|
|
|
|-
|3459
|3397
|align=left|Toronto
|
|
|
|-
|3460
|3398
|align=left|Montreal
|
|
|
|-
|3461
|3399
|align=left|Ottawa
|
|
|
|-
|3462
|3400
|align=left|Winnipeg
|
|
|
|-
|3463
|3401
|align=left|Vancouver
|
|
|
|-
|3464
|3402
|align=left|Jamaica
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3210
|-
|3465
|3403
|align=left|Trinidad
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3208
|-
|3466
|3404
|align=left|Barbados
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3216
|-
|3467
|3405
|align=left|Empire of India
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3212
|-
|3468
|3406
|align=left|Calcutta
|
|
|
|-
|3469
|3407
|align=left|Madras
|
|
|
|-
|3470
|3408
|align=left|Bombay
|
|
|
|-
|3471
|3409
|align=left|Queensland
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3224
|-
|3472
|3410
|align=left|Columbia
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3207
|-
|3701
|3411
|align=left|Stanley Baldwin
|
|
|align=left|Named in January 1909; name removed in July 1937. Rebuilt as Earl 3221
|-
|3702
|3412
|align=left|John G. Griffiths
|
|
|align=left|Named in July 1914. Rebuilt as Earl 3201
|-
|3703
|3413
|align=left|James Mason <!-- Director 1910-29 -->
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3205
|-
|3704
|3414
|align=left|A. H. Mills
|
|
|align=left|Named in July 1914; renamed Sir Edward Elgar in 1932; rebuilt as Earl 3220
|-
|3705
|3415
|align=left|George A. Wills
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3211
|-
|3706
|3416
|align=left|John W. Wilson
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3202
|-
|3707
|3417
|align=left|Francis Mildmay
|
|
|align=left|Renamed Lord Mildmay of Fleet; renamed Lord Mildmay of Flete in 1923
|-
|3708
|3418
|align=left|Sir Arthur Yorke
|
|
|
|-
|3709
|3419
|align=left|—
|
|
|
|-
|3710
|3420
|align=left|—
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3215
|-
|3711
|3421
|align=left|—
|
|
|
|-
|3712
|3422
|align=left|Aberystwyth
|
|
|align=left|Named in June 1913; name removed in August 1930. Rebuilt as Earl 3200
|-
|3713
|3423
|align=left|—
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3223
|-
|3714
|3424
|align=left|—
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3203
|-
|3715
|3425
|align=left|—
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3217
|-
|3716
|3426
|align=left|—
|
|
|
|-
|3717
|3427
|align=left|—
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3219
|-
|3718
|3428
|align=left|—
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3206
|-
|3719
|3429
|align=left|—
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3228
|-
|3720
|3430
|align=left|Inchcape
|
|
|align=left|Named in February 1923
|-
|3721
|3431
|align=left|—
|
|
|
|-
|3722
|3432
|align=left|—
|
|
|
|-
|3723
|3433
|align=left|—
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3227
|-
|3724
|3434
|align=left|Joseph Shaw <!-- Director 1917-30 -->
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3214
|-
|3725
|3435
|align=left|—
|
|
|
|-
|3726
|3436
|align=left|—
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3222
|-
|3727
|3437
|align=left|—
|
|
|align=left|Rebuilt as Earl 3225
|-
|3728
|3438
|align=left|—
|
|
|
|-
|3729
|3439
|align=left|Weston-super-Mare
|
|
|align=left|Name removed in August 1930. Rebuilt as Earl 3204
|-
|3730
|3440
|align=left|—
|
|
|
|-
|}
Bird Class
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!First<br/>No.
!1912<br/>No.
!Name
!Built
!Withdrawn
!Notes
|-
|3731
|3441
|align=left|Blackbird
|1909
|1949
|
|-
|align=center|3732
|align=center|3442
|align=left|Bullfinch
|1909
|1948
|
|-
|align=center|3733
|align=center|3443
|align=left|Chaffinch
|1909
|1949
|
|-
|align=center|3734
|align=center|3444
|align=left|Cormorant
|1909
|1951
|
|-
|align=center|3735
|align=center|3445
|align=left|Flamingo
|1909
|1948
|
|-
|align=center|3736
|align=center|3446
|align=left|Goldfinch
|1909
|1948
|
|-
|align=center|3737
|align=center|3447
|align=left|Jackdaw
|1909
|1951
|
|-
|align=center|3738
|align=center|3448
|align=left|Kingfisher
|1909
|1949
|
|-
|align=center|3739
|align=center|3449
|align=left|Nightingale
|1909
|1951
|
|-
|align=center|3740
|align=center|3450
|align=left|Peacock
|1909
|1949
|
|-
|align=center|3741
|align=center|3451
|align=left|Pelican
|1910
|1951
|
|-
|align=center|3742
|align=center|3452
|align=left|Penguin
|1910
|1948
|
|-
|align=center|3743
|align=center|3453
|align=left|Seagull
|1910
|1951
|
|-
|align=center|3744
|align=center|3454
|align=left|Skylark
|1910
|1951
|
|-
|align=center|3745
|align=center|3455
|align=left|Starling
|1910
|1950
|
|-
|}
References
Bibliography
External links
- 3300 'Bulldog' class introduction The Great Western Archive