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{{Short description|Class of steam locomotive}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} {{For|other GWR engine classes called 'County'|GWR County Class (disambiguation){{!}}GWR County Class}} {{Infobox locomotive | name = GWR 3800 'County' Class | image = GWR 3818 County of Radnor (Boys' Book of Locomotives, 1907).jpg | caption = 3818 ''County of Radnor'' as built in 1906 | powertype = [[Steam]] | whytetype = [[4-4-0]] | operator = [[Great Western Railway]] | builder = [[Swindon Works]], [[Great Western Railway]] | cylindercount = 2, outside | cylindersize = {{convert|18|x|30|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}<br/> [[Bore (engine)|diameter]] x [[stroke (engine)|stroke]] | alt = | designer = [[George Jackson Churchward]] | ordernumber = Lots 149, 165, 184 | serialnumber = 2056β2065, 2209β2228, 2415β2425 | builddate = 1904, 1906, 1911β12 | totalproduction = 40 | uicclass = | gauge = {{track gauge|ussg|allk=on}} | leadingdiameter = {{convert|3|ft|2|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} | driverdiameter = {{convert|6|ft|8+1/2|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} | wheelbase = {{convert|24|ft|0|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} | length = | height = | axleload = {{convert|18.15|LT|t ST|2|abbr=on}} | weightondrivers = {{convert|34.3|LT|t ST|2|abbr=on}} | locoweight = {{convert|55.3|LT|t ST|2|abbr=on}} | tenderweight = {{convert|36.75|LT|t ST|2|abbr=on}} | locotenderweight = {{convert|92.05|LT|t ST|2|abbr=on}} | fueltype = [[Coal]] | fuelcap = | watercap = {{convert|3000|impgal|0|abbr=on}} | boiler = GWR Standard No. 4 | boilerpressure = {{convert|200|psi|kPa|0|abbr=on}} | firearea = {{convert|20.56|sqft|sqm|2|abbr=on}} | tubearea = {{convert|1689.82|sqft|sqm|2|abbr=on}} | fireboxarea = {{convert|128.30|sqft|sqm|2|abbr=on}} | totalsurface = {{convert|1818.12|sqft|sqm|2|abbr=on}} | valvegear = [[Stephenson valve gear|Stephenson]] | valvetype = | tractiveeffort = {{convert|20530|lbf|kN|0|abbr=on}} | factorofadhesion = | trainheating = | locobrakes = | trainbrakes = | safety = | operatorclass = 3800 | powerclass = [[Great Western Railway Power Classification|GWR: C]] | numinclass = 40 | fleetnumbers = 3473β82, 3801β30 until Dec 1912<br />3800β39 from December 1912 | officialname = ''County'' | nicknames = Churchward's Rough Riders | axleloadclass = [[Great Western Railway Weight Classification|GWR: Red]] | locale = | withdrawndate = 1930β33 | disposition = All original locomotives [[scrap]]ped; one new-build under construction | notes = Dimensions as built<ref name=RCTS>{{harvnb |le Fleming |1962 |pp=J10-J12}}</ref> }} The [[Great Western Railway]] '''3800 Class''', also known as the '''County Class''', were a class of [[Whyte notation|4-4-0]] steam [[locomotive]]s for express passenger train work introduced in 1904 in a batch of ten. Two more batches followed in 1906 and 1912 with minor differences. They were designed by [[George Jackson Churchward]], who used standard components to produce a four-coupled version of his [[GWR Saint Class|Saint Class]] [[4-6-0]]s.
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