#2792
GWR 1000 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1945· class of 30 two-cylinder 4-6-0 locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 1000 County Of Middlesex: Paulwolf67· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 1012 Swindon 10-03-63 (35494036304): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. 1019 "County of Merioneth" at Bristol TM 1960: Chris Ward· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Hugh llewelyn 1021 (7865797400): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Balderton Cheshire railway 1862750 45721006: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. GWR 1014 'County of Glamorgan' in progress: Bradley Wurth· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. GWR 1014 'County of Glamorgan' Tender: Bradley Wurth· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. GWR County Class No. 1014 'County of Glamorgan' tender replica under construction at the Didcot Railway Centre - August 2018: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 9. GWR County Class No. 1014 'County of Glamorgan' under construction at the Didcot Railway Centre - August 2018 - 01: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 10. GWR County Class No. 1014 'County of Glamorgan' under construction at the Didcot Railway Centre - August 2018 - 02: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
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 Thirty examples were built between 1945 and 1947, but all were withdrawn and scrapped in the early 1960s.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.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 81 years ago, in 1945.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 19 years (1945–1964).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1945–1947
- in service from
- 1945
- retired
- 1964
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Swindon Works
- designer
- Frederick Hawksworth
- operators
- Great Western Railway, British Rail, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 19.2 m
- weight
- 77.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514897, Wikipedia: GWR 1000 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.