GWR 1000 Class No. 1024 'County of Pembroke'

No. 1024 County of Pembroke was a Great Western Railway 1000 Class or County Class 4-6-0 steam locomotive built in 1947 at Swindon Works under works number 378. It was one of thirty examples of this class built between 1945 and 1947.
After the nationalization of Britain's railways in 1948 all 30 Counties continued to do useful work throughout the Western Region of British Railways, working on expresses to and from Paddington as well as more menial freight and parcels tasks. BR gave the Counties the power classification 6MT. Speedometers were fitted to the class from 1950 and modified double chimneys from 1956.
Withdrawals of the class took place between September 1962 and November 1964. No. 1024 County of Pembroke was taken out of service in April 1964 and was scrapped at her birthplace of Swindon Works in July the same year.
However its Reverser dose survives and is being used on the replica of No. 1014 County of Glamorgan that is currently under construction as a "Replica" project, based at Didcot Railway Centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire. It will also incorporate other salvaged parts from the class as well.
Category:4-6-0 locomotives
Category:4-6-0 steam locomotives
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Category:Great Western Railway locomotives
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Category:Swindon Works locomotives
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Category:Built in 1947
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Category:4 foot 8 1⁄2 inch gauge