954511 GWR Class 1000 No.1045 'County of Kent' in BR ‘What-If’ Express Passenger Blue Early Crest Steam Locomotive - DCC Sound Code-83 the locomotive was given the

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

two switches - right

Low or high-mounted windshield wipers per prototype

With bright red contrasting interior

954511 GWR Class 1000 No.1045 'County of Kent' in BR ‘What-If’ Express Passenger Blue Early Crest Steam Locomotive - DCC Sound Code-83 the locomotive was given theExpected 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