R30521 RailRoad Class 1000 'County' 4-6-0 BR Green Late Crest 1013 'County of Dorset' Steam Locomotive option-set-231 Czech Republic

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Following in the footsteps of the Class 47

this significant incline would prove problematic for locomotive haulage

auto off on movement

which allowed newer locomotives to be able to heat the trains without the need for aging steam generator cars

R30521 RailRoad Class 1000 'County' 4-6-0 BR Green Late Crest 1013 'County of Dorset' Steam Locomotive option-set-231 Czech RepublicThe County Class was the last of the GWR designed two cylinder 4 6 0s, with 30 built at Swindon between 1945 and 1947 to the design of Chief Mechanical Engineer, Frederick Hawksworth. County of Dorset entered service in February 1946 and spent most of its early years in the West Country at Bristol, Plymouth, Truro and Penzance, before transferring to Shrewsbury in December 1951. Its final move was to Swindon in September 1963, from where it was