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YouTube video of handover and transportation to the Science Museum, June 1961. Categories: GWR 4073 Class. Railway locomotives introduced in 1923. Preserved Great Western Railway steam locomotives. Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain. Individual locomotives of Great Britain. 4-6-0 locomotives.
The 4073 or Castle Class are 4-6-0 steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway, built between 1923 and 1950. [2] They were designed by the railway's Chief Mechanical Engineer, Charles Collett, for working the company's express passenger trains. They could reach speeds of up to 100 mph (160 km/h).
List of GWR 4073 Class locomotives. Below is a list of all 171 GWR Castle Class engines, built between August 1923 and August 1950. Five of these were converted to burn oil for a short period in the 1940s. Unlike most other locomotives so converted, they were not renumbered. [1]
Caerphilly Castle. Caerphilly Castle (Welsh: Castell Caerffili) is a medieval fortification in Caerphilly in South Wales. The castle was constructed by Gilbert de Clare in the 13th century as part of his campaign to maintain control of Glamorgan, and saw extensive fighting between Gilbert, his descendants, and the native Welsh rulers.
Famed for allegedly setting a speed of 102.4 mph on Wellington Bank in 1904. On loan from the National Railway Museum and arrived alongside 6000 King George V as a replacement for 4003 Lode Star & The GWR Railcar. [6] GWR 4073 Class 4073 Caerphilly Castle – Built in 1923. Part of the National Collection; GWR 4200 Class 4248 – Built in 1916 ...
The GWR 4073 Class 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe is a steam locomotive of the GWR 'Castle' Class, built in March 1936. It was originally named Barbury Castle, and was renamed Earl of Mount Edgcumbe in September 1937 (the name coming from the GWR Dukedog Class no 3200/9000). It had a double chimney and 4 row superheater fitted in October 1958.
Caerphilly railway works. Coordinates: 51°34′17″N 3°12′14″W. The former railway works buildings. Caerphilly railway works in Caerphilly (Welsh: Caerffili) in the county of Glamorgan was the only main railway works in Wales. It was built for the Rhymney Railway in 1899 and taken over by the Great Western Railway at amalgamation in 1923.
GWR 4900 Class 4930 Hagley Hall. GWR 4900 Class 4936 Kinlet Hall. GWR 4900 Class 4953 Pitchford Hall. GWR 4900 Class 4965 Rood Ashton Hall. GWR 4900 Class 4979 Wootton Hall. GWR 4073 Class 5029 Nunney Castle. GWR 4073 Class 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. GWR 4073 Class 5051 Earl Bathurst. GWR 4073 Class 5080 Defiant.