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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]
GWR 4073 "Castle" Class No. 4079 Pendennis Castle is a 4-6-0 steam locomotive built in 1924 for the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Swindon Works to a design of Charles Collett. It was employed on long-distance express passenger trains on the GWR and its successor, British Railways' Western Region. Pendennis Castle gained initial notoriety in ...
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.
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.
GWR 4073 Class 5029. Nunney Castle. 5029 Nunney Castle seen in preservation at Didcot Railway Centre in the 1980s. GWR 4073 Class 5029 Nunney Castle is a Great Western Railway Castle Class steam locomotive. It was built at the GWR's Swindon Works in 1934, being outshopped on 28 May and taking the name of Nunney Castle near Frome, Somerset.
GWR 4073 Class 7027. Thornbury Castle. Water cap. Outside cylinders: derived from inside cylinders via rocking bars. 7027 Thornbury Castle is a steam locomotive of the GWR 'Castle' Class, built in August 1949. Its first shed allocation was Plymouth Laira. Its March 1959 shed allocation was Old Oak Common. Its last shed allocation was Reading.
GWR 4073 Class 5051. Earl Bathurst. 5051 Drysllwyn Castle & 7029 Clun Castle at Plymouth in 1985 while working "The Great Western Limited" railtour. Water cap. Outside cylinders: derived from inside cylinders via rocking bars. 5051 Drysllwyn Castle is a Great Western Railway (GWR) Castle Class locomotive built at Swindon Works in May 1936 and ...