E-Books →Great Western County Classes The Churchward 4-4-0s, 4-4-2 Tanks and Hawksworth 4-6-0s

The 4-4-0 counties were in service until the early 1930s, when they were withdrawn and replaced by more modern motive power.
The 4-4-0 counties, were paralleled in design by the county 4-4-2 tanks, which operated suburban services in the London area and were also withdrawn in the early 1930s.
In 1945, the Great Western Introduced the County 4-6-0 tender locomotives, designed by F W Hawksworth, these two cylinder machines had a high pressure boiler, that was meant to give the same tractive effort as a Castle class, 4-6-0, four cylinder locomotive,
After modifications and boiler pressure reduction, the County class 4-6-0s, operated in express and semi fast train service, until the last members of the class were withdrawn in 1964.