GWR 4073 Class
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The 4073 or Castle Class are 4-6-0 type steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway, built between 1923 and 1950. They were designed by the railway's Chief Mechanical Engineer, Charles Collett, for
4079 Pendennis Castle at Didcot Railway Centre in 2023
4079 Pendennis Castle at Chester General station in March 1967
Castle class locos 5051 Earl Bathurst and 5029 Nunney Castle climb St Germans bank
5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe is one of two preserved Castles to be fitted with a double chimney
GWR 111 The Great Bear
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The Great Bear, number 111, was a one-off 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive of the Great Western Railway. It was the first 4-6-2 locomotive used on a railway in Great Britain, and the only one of its typ
GWR 4073 Class
…thereafter 4,000 imp gal (18,000 L; 4,800 US gal) became standard for the class. Between January and September 1924, the only Great Western 4-6-2, No.111 The Great Bear, was rebuilt into a member of the Castle Class, although only the "front portion of the original frames and the number plates were used again but…
111 The Great Bear in 1908