GWR 2361 Class
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The 2361 Class was a class of steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway. There were twenty 2361s, numbered 2361-2380 and built at Swindon Railway Works at Lot 67 in 1885/6. They were part of an unusual standardisation scheme whereby William Dean designed four double-framed classes with similar boilers but different wheel arrangements, the others being the 1661, 3201 and 3501 classes.
The 2361 Class is sometimes described, erroneously, as the "outside-framed version of the Dean Goods". While there is a superficial resemblance above the running plate, with the 2361s having 5 ft 2 in (1.575 m) diameter wheels and numbered in the same sequence, they are ultimately a separate class. They have a longer cylinder stroke (with a greater tractive effort), larger boiler, and longer wheelbase.