County of Hants

County of Hants, commonly known by others as "Hants" is an ex-GWR 1000 class 4-6-0 that now works for Tri-ang Railways. He is the sole-surviving Hawksworth County and one of the railway's main mixed-traffic locomotives following his arrival.

Bio
County of Hants was built in 1946 by Swindon Works as one of thirty new Counties designed by Fredrick Hawksworth for mixed-traffic duties. Despite his rather modern design, he was withdrawn from service in 1963 but was sold to TR that year due to his rather recent build year and the need for a more powerful mixed-traffic locomotive to assist the existing fleet such as Takahashi, Saint Martin and Alexandra as the workload increased. He arrived in 1964 after undergoing an overhaul and repaint at Swindon prior to delivery under his own steam.

Persona
County of Hants is a rather excitable engine.

Livery
County of Hants is painted in BR Lined Black with Early Emblems.

Trivia
County of Hants, despite the name, is unrelated to County of Bedford, who is an older Churchward County built in 1912.

County of Hants idolises Bedford due to his origins of being an original GWR County, but the latter doesn't seem to like it. This could be based off Portland from Azur Lane idolising her little sister Indianapolis, which the latter doesn't seem to like.