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'Castle' class details, 100 A1 - 4099


Name & number Built Withdrawn Scrapped at Notes
100 A1    Lloyds April 1925 May 1950 Swindon Works Built as 4009 Shooting Star from 'Star' class engine of same name & number. Renamed & numbered January 1936
111    Viscount Churchill September 1924 July 1953 Swindon Works Built using parts from number 111 The Great Bear
4000    North Star November 1929 May 1957 Swindon Works Built from 'Star' class engine of same name & number. 2,110,396 miles (850,000 as Star Engine)
4016    The Somerset
Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)		 October 1925 September 1951 Swindon Works Built as 4016 Knight of the Golden Fleece from 'Star' class engine of same name & number. Renamed January 1938
4032    Queen Alexandra April 1926 September 1951 Swindon Works Built from 'Star' class engine of same name & number
4037    The South Wales              Borderers June 1926 September 1962 Cashmore's, Newport Built as 4037 Queen Philippa from 'Star' class engine of same name & number. Renamed March 1937
4073    Caerphilly Castle August 1923 May 1960 Preserved by the Science Museum, London.
4074    Caldicot Castle December 1923 May 1963 Double chimney & 4 row superheater fitted April 1959
4075    Cardiff Castle January 1924 November 1961
4076    Carmarthen Castle February 1924 February 1963
4077    Chepstow Castle February 1924 August 1962 Cashmore's, Newport
4078    Pembroke Castle February 1924 July 1962
4079    Pendennis Castle February 1924 May 1964 --- Moved to the Didcot Railway Centre, July 2000
4080    Powderham Castle March 1924 August 1964 Double chimney & 4 row superheater fitted August 1958
4081    Warwick Castle March 1924 January 1963
4082    Windsor Castle April 1924 September 1964 Renamed & numbered 7013 Bristol Castle February 1952
4083    Abbotsbury Castle May 1925 December 1961
4084    Aberystwyth Castle May 1925 October 1960
4085    Berkeley Castle May 1925 May 1962 Cashmore's, Newport
4086    Builth Castle June 1925 April 1962 Cashmore's, Newport
4087    Cardigan Castle June 1925 October 1963 Cooper Metals, Sharpness
4088    Dartmouth Castle July 1925 May 1964 Involved with an incident with 2975 Lord Palmer  at Appleford Crossing, 13 November 1942. Double chimney & 4 row superheater fitted May 1958
4089    Donnington Castle July 1925 September 1964
4090    Dorchester Castle July 1925 June 1963 Double chimney & 4 row superheater fitted July 1957
4091    Dudley Castle July 1925 January 1959
4092    Dunraven Castle August 1925 December 1961
4093    Dunster Castle May 1926 September 1964 Double chimney & 4 row superheater fitted December 1957
4094    Dynevor Castle May 1926 March 1962
4095    Harlech Castle June 1926 December 1962
4096    Highclere Castle June 1926 January 1963
4097    Kenilworth Castle June 1926 May 1960 Double chimney & 4 row superheater fitted June 1958
4098    Kidwelly Castle July 1926 December 1963 Cashmore's, Great Bridge
4099    Kilgerran Castle August 1926 September 1962




    'Castle' shed allocations.


Number First Shed 31 Dec 47 August 1950 March 1959 Last Shed
100 A1 Laira Old Oak Common --- --- Old Oak Common
111 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Laira --- Laira
4000 Newton Abbot Stafford Rd Stafford Rd --- Landore
4016 Stafford Rd Newton Abbot Old Oak Common --- Old Oak Common
4032 Laira Laira Laira --- Taunton
4037 Stafford Rd Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Newton Abbot Exeter
4073 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Bristol Bath Rd Cardiff Canton Cardiff Canton
4074 Old Oak Common Landore Landore Landore Old Oak Common
4075 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Bristol Bath Rd Old Oak Common
4076 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Chester Landore Llanelli
4077 Old Oak Common Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Laira St Philip's Marsh
4078 Old Oak Common Landore Landore Bristol Bath Rd Llanelli
4079 Old Oak Common Hereford Gloucester Bristol Bath Rd St Philip's Marsh
4080 Old Oak Common Bristol Bath Rd Weymouth Bristol Bath Rd Southall
4081 Old Oak Common Landore Swindon Bristol Bath Rd Carmarthen
4082 Old Oak Common Gloucester Worcester Old Oak Common Tyseley
4083 Old Oak Common Cardiff Canton Cardiff Canton Newton Abbot Cardiff Canton
4084 Laira Bristol Bath Rd Bristol Bath Rd Newton Abbot Cardiff Canton
4085 Laira Reading Reading Gloucester Old Oak Common
4086 Laira Worcester Worcester Swindon Oxford
4087 Laira Laira Laira Laira St Philip's Marsh
4088 Laira Laira Laira Worcester St Philip's Marsh
4089 Old Oak Common Bristol Bath Rd Laira Worcester Reading
4090 Old Oak Common Laira Penzance Old Oak Common Cardiff East Dock
4091 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Bristol Bath Rd --- Old Oak Common
4092 Old Oak Common Worcester Worcester Reading Oxford
4093 Old Oak Common Bristol Bath Rd Bristol Bath Rd Landore Gloucester
4094 Old Oak Common Cardiff Canton Cardiff Canton Landore Carmarthen
4095 Laira Landore Landore Penzance Reading
4096 Laira Bristol Bath Rd Bristol Bath Rd Old Oak Common Llanelli
4097 Old Oak Common Penzance Laira Landore Landore
4098 Old Oak Common Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Landore
4099 Old Oak Common Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Landore Llanelli

    

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