Editing GWR 3252 Class (section)

===Frames and wheels===
The outside frames of the Dukes were curved upwards over each pair of driving wheels. Inner and outer frames were {{convert|3/4|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} thick.<ref name=OSN78>{{harvnb |Nock |1977 |p=78}}</ref> The first 40 members of the class were fitted with Mansell pattern bogie wheels with wooden centres.<ref name=OSN17>{{harvnb |Nock |1977 |p=17}}</ref> The first 25 tenders built also had Mansell pattern wheels, and a shorter than normal wheelbase of {{convert|11|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} so that the locomotives would fit on the smaller turntables then in use west of Newton Abbot.<ref name=OSN17/> The engine bogie was of a centre-less type designed by Dean.<ref name=OSN27>{{harvnb |Nock |1977 |p=27}}</ref>