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 s
7027 Thornbury Castle undergoing restoration at Weston-super-Mare, 2016
GWR 4000 Class
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The Great Western Railway 4000 or Star are a class of 4-cylinder 4-6-0 passenger steam locomotives designed by George Jackson Churchward for the Great Western Railway in 1906 and introduced from early
GWR 4073 Class 7027 Thornbury Castle
…of donating the boiler to its project to re-create a GWR 4700 Class. Thornbury Castle's chassis and other components were to be used to recreate a GWR Star class locomotive, and eventually rebuilding it back into Thornbury Castle when a No. 7 or No. 8 boiler was available in the future. However, in September…
4003 Lode Star
First series No. 4003 Lode Star, at Tyseley Locomotive Works
No. 4025 - after the name Italian Monarch was removed in 1940
No. 4034 Queen Adelaide