954511 GWR Class 1000 No.1045 'County of Kent' in BR ‘What-If’ Express Passenger Blue Early Crest Steam Locomotive - DCC Sound Code-83 SM-32 (Code 200) Y Turnout

SM-32 (Code 200) Y Turnout (2413mm rad

and Performance

two switches - right

The new Rapido Trains UK OO Gauge Highland Railway Loch Class4-4-0 range represents the Dübs & Co

the locomotive was given the distinctive 'Pink Floyd' livery and running number 659 002

954511 GWR Class 1000 No.1045 'County of Kent' in BR ‘What-If’ Express Passenger Blue Early Crest Steam Locomotive - DCC Sound Code-83 SM-32 (Code 200) Y TurnoutExpected Delivery Q4 2026 (Subject to Change at Manufacturer'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