ALL that is standing in the way of the Great Western Society's (GWS) Hawksworth 'County' 4-6-0 No. 1014 County of Glamorgan potentially steaming in the next two years is £175,000.
The figure is a significant sum in its own right, but the GWS has already spent more than £960,000 on re-creating this missing link in the ranks of preserved GWR two-cylinder 4-6-0s, and the shortfall will be enough to see the locomotive in steam by 2022.
The GWS has therefore launched a 'final push' appeal to raise the required sum, and hopes to have all fundraising completed by the end of 2021.