HORNBY R2085 00 GAUGE 4-6-0 GWR GREEN "COUNTY OF WORCESTER" 1029 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AND TENDER. Used. OO Gauge

HORNBY R2085 00 GAUGE 4-6-0 GWR GREEN "COUNTY OF WORCESTER" 1029 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AND TENDER. (not tender powered)

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 Thirty examples were built between 1945 and 1947, but all were withdrawn and scrapped in the early 1960s.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

This engine is in excellent condition with no marks or blemishes. It comes with a brass tender connector piece should you wish to add pickups to the tender. It has had a light service and been fully tested.

It comes in its original box along with the service sheet