GWR 1000 Class No. 1027 'County of Stafford'

No. 1027 County of Stafford was a Great Western Railway 1000 Class or County Class 4-6-0 steam locomotive built in 1947 at Swindon Works. 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. 1027 County of Stafford was sold to Cooper's scrapyard in Sharpness where it was cut up in October 1963.
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Category:United Kingdom
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