Hornby R2937 County Class

Running my 4-6-0 number 1011 County of Chester coupled up with 4079 Pendennis Castle,hauling a modest rake of four Western region Mk1s.Neither model is original(both are replated with brass efforts from MJE) & are very basic but are good value at way under £50 each(a new Castle is approx £120!).After the A4 & 9Fs in their range,it has to be said that the 4-6-0 County in the Railroad range is a good performer,good all rounder & would be worth investing in if you are looking to add a Great Western to your setup.I plan to have both locos as residents of my fictitious heritage line in the future.There will be other forgotten/overlooked classes of steam & some prototype diesels also residing on the same line.......

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[poisonarrowfrog100]

amazing video!!

the locos look so graceful !!

i am impressed with your knowlage of your locos and loving all ure videos!!

well done!!

[Phippstickman]

@poisonarrowfrog100 Much appreciated for the positive posting-I've only a limited amount of knowledge & only been into the hobby for the last four years.I'm really a BR Corporate Blue era fan(1970s is the timeline),so there's a provision for steam in the form of a preservation/heritage line to be running on the outside in the future.

Hope to get a better camera sometime & am also planning on adding another NRM loco to use on railtours in Feb or March.

[liverkewell07]

Great video!!

Plus it's one of my fav locos. The county class is a great loco I renamed mine county of hants and got it weathered and it looks stunning

About the coal load in the tender I think that's a clever touch by Hornby as the real locos were heavy coal eatters so it was extremely rare you would see them with a full load.

Once again great review well done

[Phippstickman]

@liverkewell07 It's good to have a fairly empty bunker,as coal can always be added.I gather some A4s have a removable coal load too.I happen to find a lot of Western tenders very attractive(no wonder Stanier worked wonders with the LMS after he left the GWR).I love the front profiles off the Castles/Kings with the "curling" pipes at the front end of their boilers.Hope to god Bachmann will treat us to a DCC-chassised modified Hall Class with the Hawksworth tender,cos I'd love a 6998 Burton Agnes!

[liverkewell07]

Could I suggest you change your tags on the movie so that if you search it it you could find it? Its currently only the video files name.

I agree 1 million % with you about the Hall but i prefer the Collett tender to the Hawksworth as the Hawksworth looks a bit to smaller to the ones used on the LNER and LMS the Collett stands out a bit more. Plus Hawksworth were fitted to my fav loocs after the glory pre war days