4-6-0 Class 10xx County GWR Profile and Models

4-6-0 Class 10xx County GWR

1000 'County of Middlesex' at Bristol Bath Road Depot in August 1958. ©Ben Brooksbank

The Great Western Railway 1000 Class or County Class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. Thirty examples were built between 1945 and 1947, but all were withdrawn and scrapped in the early 1960s. A replica locomotive is under construction. These locomotives were the final and most powerful development of the two-cylinder Saint Class introduced in 1901 and included several features that had already been used on the successful Modified Hall class. In addition to the innovations already adopted for the Modified Hall class, the new class contained several further changes from usual Great Western practice including the use of double chimneys on certain members and a high boiler pressure of 280psi.The Counties had a mixed reception: some traditionalists regarded them as ‘non-standard, expensive and unnecessary,’ others considered them a successful, free steaming design, well suited to express or freight work and a fitting finale to GW two-cylinder 4-6-0 development. All were scrapped.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

GWR Swindon Works

Build Date

1945 to 1947

Total Built

30

Tractive Effort

32,580 lbf (Original)
29,090 lbf (Later reduced)

Wheel Configuration

4-6-0

Operated By

Great Western Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Mixed Traffic

In Service Until

1964

Surviving Examples

0

 

Products awaiting categorisation

Scale Brand Image Construction Type DCC Capability Product Code Product Title Livery
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Amer Collection No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set GBL36
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County class 4-6-0 1014 'County of Glamorgan' in GWR green - static model - not motorised Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Jamieson - Eames kits No image available Not set Not set County-JAM
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GWR 'County' 4-6-0 kit
N Gauge Langley B37Langley GWR Hawksworth County Class 4-6-0 Body Kit Requires assembly Not set B37Langley
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GWR Hawksworth County Class 4-6-0 Body Kit Awaiting Categorisation
N Gauge P & D Marsh No image available Requires assembly Not set A21PD
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GWR 10xx County Class kit Awaiting Categorisation