OUR project to re-create one of the Great Western Railway’s ‘County’ class 4-4-0 locomotives has taken a significant step forward with the casting of the first pair of coupled wheels for No. 3840 County of Montgomery. The order for the…
TYSELEY Locomotive Works (TLW) has completed the assembly of the main frame component’s for No. 3840 County of Montgomery. The CCT formally placed the order for the erection of No. 3840’s frames with TLW last July. The work has included…
THE Churchward County Trust (CCT) has placed the order for the four 6ft 8½in coupled wheels for No. 3840 County of Montgomery. The wheels are to be cast by Trefoil Steel in Sheffield using the pattern generously loaned to the…
WE are delighted to announce that No. 3840 County of Montgomery could be based on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) once completed, following the signing of a new agreement between the Churchward County Trust (CCT) and the railway. The…
THE new nameplates for County of Montgomery have been completed by Procast Foundry in Cleckheaton. The two plates have been manufactured in the traditional manner employed by the Great Western Railway for the original 'Counties' and other named locomotives, featuring…
December has seen more progress made on the construction of No. 3840 at Tyseley Locomotive Works. Following the fitting of the horn blocks the frame plates have been placed upright on stands ready for the new stretchers to be fitted.…
WE are delighted to announce that former Tyseley Locomotive Works Chief Engineer and doyen of GWR locomotive matters, Bob Meanley, has joined the County of Montgomery project as our Engineering Manager. Bob is regarded as one of the most well-respected…
PROCAST Foundry in Yorkshire has almost completed the new nameplates that will be carried by County of Montgomery when the locomotive is complete. The two plates have been made in the time-honoured Swindon fashion, featuring individual cast brass letters mounted…
WE are pleased to announce that we have placed the order for two brand new cylinder castings for County of Montgomery with specialist pattern-maker and supplier, Premier Patterns of Smethwick. Two sacrificial polystyrene patterns for the twin 18in x 30in…
A BIG step forward was taken with the project in early July when the CCT formally placed the order for the erection of No. 3840 County of Montgomery’s frames with Tyseley Locomotive Works (TLW). The work will include the assembly…