List of GWR 4073 Class locomotives
Below is a list of all 171 GWR Castle Class engines, built between August 1923 and August 1950.
Fleet details
Numbers | First Name | Second Name | Built | Withdrawn | Notes |
111 | Viscount Churchill | — | Rebuilt from 111 The Great Bear | ||
4000 | North Star | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4000 | ||
4009 / | Shooting Star | Lloyds | Rebuilt from Star Class 4009. Renumbered and renamed January 1936. Temporary fitted with oil firing in the 1940s. First to be withdrawn. | ||
4016 | Knight of the Golden Fleece | The Somerset Light Infantry | Rebuilt from Star Class 4016. Renamed January 1938. Nameplate & crest on display at Somerset County Museum, Taunton | ||
4032 | Queen Alexandra | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4032 | ||
4037 | Queen Philippa | The South Wales Borderers | Rebuilt from Star Class 4037. Renamed March 1937 | ||
4073 | Caerphilly Castle | — | Preserved at Swindon Steam Railway Museum | ||
4074 | Caldicot Castle | — | |||
4075 | Cardiff Castle | — | |||
4076 | Carmarthen Castle | — | |||
4077 | Chepstow Castle | — | |||
4078 | Pembroke Castle | — | |||
4079 | Pendennis Castle | — | Preserved at Didcot Railway Centre; under restoration | ||
4080 | Powderham Castle | — | |||
4081 | Warwick Castle | — | |||
4082 | Windsor Castle | 7013 Bristol Castle | Swapped name and number with 7013 Bristol Castle in February 1952 | ||
4083 | Abbotsbury Castle | — | |||
4084 | Aberystwyth Castle | — | |||
4085 | Berkeley Castle | — | |||
4086 | Builth Castle | — | |||
4087 | Cardigan Castle | — | |||
4088 | Dartmouth Castle | — | |||
4089 | Donnington Castle | — | |||
4090 | Dorchester Castle | — | |||
4091 | Dudley Castle | — | First ‘new-built’ Castle to be withdrawn | ||
4092 | Dunraven Castle | — | |||
4093 | Dunster Castle | — | |||
4094 | Dynevor Castle | — | |||
4095 | Harlech Castle | — | |||
4096 | Highclere Castle | — | |||
4097 | Kenilworth Castle | — | |||
4098 | Kidwelly Castle | — | |||
4099 | Kilgerran Castle | — | real castle's name spelled Cilgerran Castle | ||
5000 | Launceston Castle | — | |||
5001 | Llandovery Castle | — | |||
5002 | Ludlow Castle | — | |||
5003 | Lulworth Castle | — | |||
5004 | Llanstephan Castle | — | Used in the 1936 movie "The Last Journey" Also appears in 1949 Ealing Studios movie 'Run for your Money' | ||
5005 | Manorbier Castle | — | This is the only Castle Class to carry streamlining but this was experimental' | ||
5006 | Tregenna Castle | — | |||
5007 | Rougemont Castle | — | |||
5008 | Raglan Castle | — | |||
5009 | Shrewsbury Castle | — | |||
5010 | Restormel Castle | — | |||
5011 | Tintagel Castle | — | |||
5012 | Berry Pomeroy Castle | — | |||
5013 | Abergavenny Castle | — | |||
5014 | Goodrich Castle | — | |||
5015 | Kingswear Castle | — | |||
5016 | Montgomery Castle | — | |||
5017 | St. Donat's Castle | The Gloucestershire Regiment 28th 61st | Renamed April 1954 | ||
5018 | St Mawes Castle | — | |||
5019 | Treago Castle | — | |||
5020 | Trematon Castle | — | |||
5021 | Whittington Castle | — | |||
5022 | Wigmore Castle | — | |||
5023 | Brecon Castle | — | |||
5024 | Carew Castle | — | |||
5025 | Chirk Castle | — | |||
5026 | Criccieth Castle | — | |||
5027 | Farleigh Castle | — | |||
5028 | Llantilio Castle | — | |||
5029 | Nunney Castle | — | Preserved - Rescued from Barry in May 1976. Seen pulling "The Elgar Explorer" at Ascot Under Wychwood on 1 December 2001 . At Tyseley for an intermediate overhaul as of December 2005. Overhaul completed in April 2008 and has been passed for mainline service. | ||
5030 | Shirburn Castle | — | |||
5031 | Totnes Castle | — | |||
5032 | Usk Castle | — | |||
5033 | Broughton Castle | — | |||
5034 | Corfe Castle | — | |||
5035 | Coity Castle | — | |||
5036 | Lyonshall Castle | — | Briefly seen at 'Mallingford' station in the 1953 Ealing Comedy film "The Titfield Thunderbolt". | ||
5037 | Monmouth Castle | — | |||
5038 | Morlais Castle | — | |||
5039 | Rhuddlan Castle | — | Temporary fitted with oil firing in the 1940s. | ||
5040 | Stokesay Castle | — | |||
5041 | Tiverton Castle | — | |||
5042 | Winchester Castle | — | |||
5043 | Barbury Castle | Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | Renamed September 1937. Preserved | ||
5044 | Beverston Castle | Earl of Dunraven | Renamed September 1937 | ||
5045 | Bridgwater Castle | Earl of Dudley | Renamed September 1937 | ||
5046 | Clifford Castle | Earl Cawdor | Renamed August 1937 | ||
5047 | Compton Castle | Earl of Dartmouth | Renamed August 1937 | ||
5048 | Cranbrook Castle | Earl of Devon | Renamed August 1937 | ||
5049 | Denbigh Castle | Earl of Plymouth | Renamed August 1937 | ||
5050 | Devizes Castle | Earl of St Germans | Renamed August 1937 | ||
5051 | Drysllwyn Castle | Earl Bathurst | Renamed August 1937. Preserved at Didcot Railway Centre. Carries either name, alternately. | ||
5052 | Eastnor Castle | Earl of Radnor | Renamed July 1937 | ||
5053 | Bishop's Castle | Earl Cairns | Renamed August 1937 | ||
5054 | Lamphey Castle | Earl of Ducie | Renamed September 1937 | ||
5055 | Lydford Castle | Earl of Eldon | Renamed August 1937 | ||
5056 | Ogmore Castle | Earl of Powis | Renamed September 1937 | ||
5057 | Penrice Castle | Earl Waldegrave | Renamed October 1937 | ||
5058 | Newport Castle | Earl of Clancarty | Renamed September 1937 | ||
5059 | Powis Castle | Earl St Aldwyn | Renamed October 1937 | ||
5060 | Sarum Castle | Earl of Berkeley | Renamed October 1937 | ||
5061 | Sudeley Castle | Earl of Birkenhead | Renamed October 1937 | ||
5062 | Tenby Castle | Earl of Shaftesbury | Renamed November 1937 | ||
5063 | Thornbury Castle | Earl Baldwin | Renamed July 1937 | ||
5064 | Tretower Castle | Bishop's Castle | Renamed September 1937 | ||
5065 | Upton Castle | Newport Castle | Renamed September 1937 | ||
5066 | Wardour Castle | Sir Felix Pole | Renamed April 1956 | ||
5067 | St Fagans Castle | — | |||
5068 | Beverston Castle | — | |||
5069 | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | — | |||
5070 | Sir Daniel Gooch | — | |||
5071 | Clifford Castle | Spitfire | Renamed September 1940 | ||
5072 | Compton Castle | Hurricane | Renamed November 1940 | ||
5073 | Cranbrook Castle | Blenheim | Renamed January 1941 | ||
5074 | Denbigh Castle | Hampden | Renamed January 1941 | ||
5075 | Devizes Castle | Wellington | Renamed October 1940 | ||
5076 | Drysllwyn Castle | Gladiator | Renamed January 1941 | ||
5077 | Eastnor Castle | Fairey Battle | Renamed October 1940 | ||
5078 | Lamphey Castle | Beaufort | Renamed January 1941 | ||
5079 | Lydford Castle | Lysander | Renamed November 1940. Temporary fitted with oil firing in the 1940s. | ||
5080 | Ogmore Castle | Defiant | Renamed January 1941. Preserved | ||
5081 | Penrice Castle | Lockheed Hudson | Renamed January 1941 | ||
5082 | Powis Castle | Swordfish | Renamed January 1941 | ||
5083 | Bath Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4063. Temporary fitted with oil firing in the 1940s. | ||
5084 | Reading Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4064 | ||
5085 | Evesham Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4065 | ||
5086 | Viscount Horne | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4066 | ||
5087 | Tintern Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4067 | ||
5088 | Llanthony Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4068 | ||
5089 | Westminster Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4069 | ||
5090 | Neath Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4070 | ||
5091 | Cleeve Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4071. Temporary fitted with oil firing in the 1940s. | ||
5092 | Tresco Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4072 | ||
5093 | Upton Castle | — | |||
5094 | Tretower Castle | — | |||
5095 | Barbury Castle | — | |||
5096 | Bridgwater Castle | — | |||
5097 | Sarum Castle | — | |||
5098 | Clifford Castle | — | |||
5099 | Compton Castle | — | |||
7000 | Viscount Portal | — | |||
7001 | Denbigh Castle | Sir James Milne | Renamed February 1948 | ||
7002 | Devizes Castle | — | |||
7003 | Elmley Castle | — | |||
7004 | Eastnor Castle | — | |||
7005 | Lamphey Castle | Sir Edward Elgar | Renamed August 1957 | ||
7006 | Lydford Castle | — | |||
7007 | Ogmore Castle | Great Western | Renamed January 1948 | ||
7008 | Swansea Castle | — | |||
7009 | Athelney Castle | — | |||
7010 | Avondale Castle | — | |||
7011 | Banbury Castle | — | |||
7012 | Barry Castle | — | |||
7013 | Bristol Castle | 4082 Windsor Castle | Swapped name and number with 4082 Windsor Castle in February 1952 | ||
7014 | Caerhays Castle | — | |||
7015 | Carn Brea Castle | — | |||
7016 | Chester Castle | — | |||
7017 | G. J. Churchward | — | Only Castle class name with full stops | ||
7018 | Drysllwyn Castle | — | |||
7019 | Fowey Castle | — | |||
7020 | Gloucester Castle | — | |||
7021 | Haverfordwest Castle | — | |||
7022 | Hereford Castle | — | |||
7023 | Penrice Castle | — | |||
7024 | Powis Castle | — | |||
7025 | Sudeley Castle | — | |||
7026 | Tenby Castle | — | |||
7027 | Thornbury Castle | — | Preserved | ||
7028 | Cadbury Castle | — | |||
7029 | Clun Castle | — | Last Castle to be withdrawn. Preserved | ||
7030 | Cranbrook Castle | — | |||
7031 | Cromwell's Castle | — | |||
7032 | Denbigh Castle | — | |||
7033 | Hartlebury Castle | — | |||
7034 | Ince Castle | — | |||
7035 | Ogmore Castle | — | |||
7036 | Taunton Castle | — | |||
7037 | Swindon | — |