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    THE ‘COUNTY’ 4-4-0s IN SERVICE

    Nov 04, 2018 2 minutes

    THE Churchward ‘County’ 4-4-0s were conceived as part of Churchward’s grand plan, which involved constructing a whole range of standardised locomotive classes that would equip the GWR for many years to come.

    The first of these standard locomotives – the ‘Saints’, ‘28XX’ 2-8-0s and the ‘31XX’ 2-6-2 tanks –

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