GWR 1000 Class 1014 County of Glamorgan

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GWR 1014 “County of Glamorgan”
GWR 1014 'County of Glamorgan' in progress.jpg
The new-build GWR 1014 'County of Glamorgan' inside Didcot Railway Centre's workshop.
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer Frederick Hawksworth
BuilderOriginal - GWR Swindon Works, Replica - The G.W. County Project
Build dateOriginal - February 1946 Replica - 2005-Ongoing
Specifications
Configuration:
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 •  Whyte 4-6-0
 •  UIC 2'Ch2
Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Leading dia. 3 ft 0 in (914 mm)
Driver dia.6 ft 3 in (1,905 mm)
Minimum curve 8 chains (528 ft; 161 m) normal,
7 chains (462 ft; 141 m) slow
Length63 ft 0+1⁄4 in (19.21 m)
Width8 ft 11+1⁄8 in (2.721 m)
HeightOriginal - 13 ft 5 in (4.089 m) Modified - 13 ft 1 in (3.988 m)
Axle load 19 long tons 14 cwt (44,100 lb or 20 t) (22.1 short tons) full
Adhesive weight 59 long tons 2 cwt (132,400 lb or 60 t) (66.2 short tons) full
Loco weight76 long tons 17 cwt (172,100 lb or 78.1 t) (86.1 short tons)full
Tender weight49 long tons 0 cwt (109,800 lb or 49.8 t) (54.9 short tons) full
Fuel type Coal
Fuel capacity7 long tons 0 cwt (15,700 lb or 7.1 t) (7.8 short tons)
Water cap.4,000 imp gal (18,000 L; 4,800 US gal)
Firebox:​
 • Grate area28.84 sq ft (2.679 m2)
BoilerLMS type 3C
Boiler pressure280  psi (1.93  MPa) later reduced to 250 psi (1.72 MPa)
Heating surface:​
 • Firebox169.0 sq ft (15.70 m2)
 • Tubes and flues1,545.0 sq ft (143.54 m2)
Superheater:
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 • Heating area254.0 sq ft (23.60 m2)
Cylinders Two, outside
Cylinder size 18.5 in × 30 in (470 mm × 762 mm)
Valve gear Stephenson
Valve type piston valves
Performance figures
Tractive effort 32,580 lbf (144.92 kN), later reduced to 29,090 lbf (129.40 kN)
Career
Operators Great Western Railway
British Railways
Class GWR 1000 Class
Power classGWR: D
BR: 6MT
Numbers1014
Axle load classGWR: Red
RetiredApril 1964
DispositionOriginal locomotive scrapped, mock under construction

No.1014 County of Glamorgan is a steam locomotive which is under construction as a "new-build" project, based at Didcot Railway Centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire. Unlike most other new-build projects which are underway and are building new members of lost classes like 2007 Prince of Wales and 2999 Lady of Legend it was decided to build a mock of one of the Great Western Railway 1000 or "County" Class engines, the chosen engine being 1014 (instead of the last built No.1029 County of Worcester or the last to be withdrawn No.1011 County of Chester ) The project was launched in 2005 with the creation of the 'Three Counties Agreement' between the Great Western Society (GWS) and the Vale of Glamorgan Council saw three members of the Barry 10, all of the being ex-GWR locomotives, and a 3,500-gallon tender being used to help resurrect extinct GWR locomotives. This meant that a GWR 1000 Class No. 1014 County of Glamorgan, GWR 3800 Class No. 3840 County of Montgomery, a GWR 2221 Class tank engine, and a GWR 4700 Class No. 4709 would be constructed from the parts of GWR 2800 Class No. 2861, GWR 5101 Class No. 4115, GWR 5205 Class No. 5227, GWR 6959 Class No. 7927 Willington Hall and LMS 8F No. 48518. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The Original Engine

The original engine was built unnamed in February 1946 and was allocated to Bristol Bath Road. She received her name County of Glamorgan in March 1948 and during the same year she was taken into British Railways ownership. She received a double chimney in May 1958 and in September 1960 she was transferred to Bristol St Philip's Marsh. Further transfers during her career included to Neyland and Shrewsbury with her final shed allocation being at Swindon.

Allocations and history

The locations of the original 1014 on particular dates.

31 March 1946 (First Shed) Bristol Bath Road, BRD then 82A
10 September 1960 Bristol St Philip's Marsh, 82B
7 October 1961 Neyland, 87H
9 March 1963 Shrewsbury, 89A
29 September 1963 Swindon, 82C
4 April 1964Withdrawn
December 1964Scrapped at Cashmores Scrapyard, Newport

Withdrawal and scrapping

She was withdrawn from Swindon's 82C shed in April 1964 with a running life of 18 years and 2 months. Following a period of storage after her withdrawal she was sent to Cashmore's scrapyard in Newport and was cut up in December 1964.

Construction of mock engine

Since none of the original County class engines survived into preservation (the last being 1011 County of Chester was withdrawn in November 1964 and sent straight for scrap at Cashmore's, Newport), it was decided by members at the Didcot Railway Centre to build a representation of one of the original engines from GWR & BR days instead of building the next member of the class as a large number of new build engines were being built at the time as new members of the class.

Parts from an original Modified Hall No. 7927 Willington Hall and LMS Stanier Class 8F No. 48518 have been used in the project (parts included the frames from 7927 and boiler from 48518), the frames of 48518 and boiler from 7927 later being sent to the Llangollen Railway with the boiler being used on new-build GWR 6800 Class 4-6-0 No. 6880 Betton Grange. Like other new-build projects, a large number of new parts have to be constructed which included the driving wheels as no other class of GWR engine other than the county's had 6 ft 3 in driving wheels and the wheels that had come with 7927 being 6 ft in size. Original County parts are also being used in the construction of 1014 which include the original chimney from 1006 County of Cornwall , the regulator from 1011 County of Chester & the reverser from 1024 County of Pembroke . [2]

The original height of the county's was 13 ft 5in, but the max height allowed for steam locomotives to work on the mainline by Network Rail because of overhead wires clearances is 13 ft 1 in. Because building the replica to its original height would result in only being able to operate it on heritage railways as its height would be over the max allowed and because the engine's owners plan to operate the completed replica engine on the mainline, the engine is being built with a slightly smaller height. In order to operate on the mainline when completed, the engine will also require the fitment of: Speedometer, AWS, TPWS, OTMR & GSM-R.

There will also be some modifications done to the engine's tender as it is common now for engines to carry more water than they originally did and less coal because of there being no water columns on the mainline other than a few select locations (most stops being done by either hydrants or roadside tankers) and the water troughs have long since disappeared. A support coach to carry tools and spare parts for the engine, as well as crew members, will also have to be examined. The plan is to not fit the engine with the required mainline equipment at first when completed, but when funding has been raised from running as well as a possible appeal mandatory equipment will be fitted to the engine for future mainline operations.

1014's tender inside Didcot Railway Centre's locomotive workshop. GWR 1014 'County of Glamorgan' Tender.jpg
1014's tender inside Didcot Railway Centre's locomotive workshop.

[4]

In the past few years, much progress has been done to ensure that the locomotive is fully functionally in the near future. In 2019, its plates were completed. [5] In 2020, two very important milestones were reached. In September 2020, it was announced that the tubeplates for the locomotive were completed. It was also announced that the locomotive will have a three-row super heater. [6] The second milestone was announced on the 4th of November in 2020. That being that funding for the locomotive reached £980,000 in fundraising campaigns. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Devereux, Nigel. "COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY TO BE BUILT AT TODDINGTON". Heritage Railway. Mortons Media Group Ltd. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 Duggan, Jamie (2 March 2018). "1014 The G.W. County Project (steam locomotive No. 1014 "County of Glamorgan") – Project Information". Rail Advent. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Bright, Thomas. "Hawksworth 'County' 4-6-0 No. 1014 County of Glamorgan". Press Reader. Steam Railway. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  4. ↑ Duggan, Jamie. "Recent work on building the tender for steam locomotive 1014 County of Glamorgan". Rail Advent. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  5. ↑ Boast, Dicky. "County of Glamorgan". Press Reader. Steam Railway. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  6. ↑ Holden, Michael. "Tubeplate completed for new build steam locomotive 1014 "County of Glamorgan"". Rail Advent. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  7. ↑ Holden, Michael. "£980,000 raised for steam locomotive 1014 County of Glamorgan". Rail Advent. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
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