GWR 1000 Class 1014 County of Glamorgan information

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GWR 1014 “County of Glamorgan”
The new-build GWR 1014 'County of Glamorgan' inside Didcot Railway Centre's workshop.
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Frederick Hawksworth Builder Original - GWR Swindon Works, Replica - The G.W. County Project Build date Original - February 1946 Replica - 2005-Ongoing
Specifications Configuration: ​  • 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 Length 63 ft 0+1⁄4 in (19.21 m) Width 8 ft 11+1⁄8 in (2.721 m) Height Original - 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 weight 76 long tons 17 cwt (172,100 lb or 78.1 t) (86.1 short tons)full Tender weight 49 long tons 0 cwt (109,800 lb or 49.8 t) (54.9 short tons) full Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 7 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 area 28.84 sq ft (2.679 m2) Boiler LMS type 3C Boiler pressure 280 psi (1.93 MPa) later reduced to 250 psi (1.72 MPa) Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 169.0 sq ft (15.70 m2)  • Tubes and flues 1,545.0 sq ft (143.54 m2) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 254.0 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 class GWR: D BR: 6MT Numbers 1014 Axle load class GWR: Red Retired April 1964 Disposition Original 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Class engines, the chosen engine being 1014 (instead of the last built No.1029 County of Worcester or the last to be withdrawn No.1011 County of Chester) The project was launched in 2005 with the creation of the 'Three Counties Agreement' between the Great Western Society (GWS) and the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]