954504 GWR County No.1019 'County of Merioneth' BR Lined Black Early Crest Steam Locomotive - DCC Sound option-set-207 Original-Style Bufferbeam

Original-Style Bufferbeam

Illuminated classification lights

the resultant locomotives were commonly termed ‘Crewe-Cut’ machines

the doors were often replaced by vertically-planked alternatives

954504 GWR County No.1019 'County of Merioneth' BR Lined Black Early Crest Steam Locomotive - DCC Sound option-set-207 Original-Style BufferbeamExpected Delivery Q4 2026 (Subject to Change at Manufaturer's Discretion). As World War II raged on, the Great Western Railway realised there was a growing need to expand their fleet of locos. In the usual Great Western tradition, Hawksworth developed the design from the existing family of mixed traffic locos descended from the 4 6 0 Saint. However, so it could compete with the powerful 3 cylinder locos of the LNER and LMS this new design needed to be