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'Castle' class details, 5000 - 5049


Name & number Built Double chimney & 4 row s/heater Withdrawn Scrapped at Notes
5000    Launceston Castle September 1926 --- October 1964 Bird's, Swansea
5001    Llandovery Castle September 1926 June 1961 February 1963 Cashmore's, Great Bridge Trial   fitment   of 6' 6" driving wheels in 1931
5002    Ludlow Castle September 1926 --- September 1964
5003    Lulworth Castle May 1927 --- August 1962 Cashmore's, Newport
5004    Llanstephan             Castle June 1927 --- April 1962
5005    Manorbier Castle June 1927 --- February 1960 Carried experimental streamlining from March 1935 to 1940
5006    Tregenna Castle June 1927 --- April 1962
5007    Rougemont Castle June 1927 --- September 1962 Cashmore's, Newport
5008    Raglan Castle June 1927 March 1961 September 1962 Cashmore's, Great Bridge
5009    Shrewsbury Castle June 1927 --- October 1960
5010    Restormel Castle July 1927 --- October 1959
5011    Tintagel Castle July 1927 --- September 1962 Cashmore's, Great Bridge
5012    Berry Pomeroy             Castle July 1927 --- April 1962 Cashmore's, Newport
5013    Abergavenny             Castle June 1932 --- July 1962
5014    Goodrich Castle June 1932 --- February 1965
5015    Kingswear Castle July 1932 --- April 1963 Central Wagon Co, Wigan
5016    Montgomery             Castle July 1932 February 1960 September 1962 Cashmore's, Newport
5017    The Gloucester     Regiment 28th, 61st July 1932 --- September 1962. 1,598,851 miles Bird's, Newport Built as St. Donat's Castle. Renamed April 1954.
5018    St. Mawes Castle July 1932 --- March 1964 Cohen's, Kettering
5019    Treago Castle July 1932 February 1961 September 1962
5020    Trematon Castle July 1932 --- November 1962
5021    Whittington Castle August 1932 --- September 1962 Cashmore's, Newport
5022    Wigmore Castle August 1932 February 1959 June 1963 Cashmore's, Great Bridge
5023    Brecon Castle April 1934 --- February 1963
5024    Carew Castle April 1934 --- May 1962 Cashmore's, Newport
5025    Chirk Castle April 1934 --- November 1963 Cashmore's, Great Bridge
5026    Criccieth Castle April 1934 October 1959 November 1964
5027    Farleigh Castle April 1934 April 1961 November 1962 Cashmore's, Great Bridge
5028    Llantilio Castle May 1934 --- May 1960
5029    Nunney Castle May 1934 --- December 1963 --- Acquired by Woodham's May 1964. Sold to GWS, Didcot and left as the 81st departure from Barry, May 1976
5030    Shirburn Castle May 1934 --- September 1962
5031    Totnes Castle May 1934 --- October 1963
5032    Usk Castle May 1934 May 1959 September 1962 Cashmore's, Great Bridge
5033    Broughton Castle May 1935 October 1960 September 1962 Cashmore's, Great Bridge
5034    Corfe Castle May 1935 February 1960 September 1962. 1,250,714 miles Cashmore's, Great Bridge
5035    Coity Castle May 1935 --- May 1962 Cashmore's, Newport
5036    Lyonshall Castle May 1935 December 1960 September 1962 Cashmore's, Great Bridge
5037    Monmouth Castle May 1935 --- March 1964
5038    Morlais Castle June 1935 --- September 1963
5039    Rhuddlan Castle June 1935 --- June 1964
5040    Stokesay Castle June 1935 --- October 1963 Cooper's Metals, Sharpness
5041    Tiverton Castle July 1935 --- December 1963 Cashmore's, Great Bridge
5042    Winchester Castle July 1935 --- June 1965. 1,339,221 miles Hayes, Bridgend
5043    Earl of Mount             Edgcumbe March 1936 October 1958 December 1963 --- Built as Banbury Castle. Renamed September 1937. Acquired by Woodham's June 1964. Sold to Birmingham Railway Museum and left as the 43rd departure from Barry
5044    Earl of Dunraven March 1936 --- April 1962 Built as Beverston Castle. First of the class with new shorter chimney as new. Renamed September 1937. Fitted with heavy cadmium whistle chain August 1954
5045    Earl of Dudley March 1936 --- September 1962 Built as Bridgwater Castle. Renamed September 1937
5046    Earl Cawdor April 1936 --- September 1962 Built as Clifford Castle. Renamed August 1937
5047    Earl of Dartmouth April 1936 --- September 1962 Built as Compton Castle. Renamed August 1937
5048    Earl of Devon April 1936 --- August 1962 Built as Cranbrook Castle. Renamed August 1937
5049    Earl of Plymouth April 1936 September 1959 March 1963 Built as Denbigh Castle. Renamed August 1937




    'Castle' shed allocations.


Number First Shed 31 Dec 47 August 1950 March 1959 Last Shed
5000 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Bristol Bath Rd Swindon Oxley
5001 Old Oak Common Cardiff Canton Cardiff Canton Shrewsbury Old Oak Common
5002 Old Oak Common Landore Landore Swindon Southall
5003 Old Oak Common Taunton Taunton Newton Abbot Newton Abbot
5004 Laira Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Landore Neath
5005 Old Oak Common Cardiff Canton Cardiff Canton Swindon Swindon
5006 Old Oak Common Landore Cardiff Canton Carmarthen Carmarthen
5007 Laira Cardiff Canton Cardiff Canton Swindon Gloucester
5008 Laira Old Oak Common Stafford Rd Old Oak Common Gloucester
5009 Laira Laira Swindon Swindon Swindon
5010 Laira Cardiff Canton Stafford Rd Reading Reading
5011 Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Old Oak Common
5012 Newton Abbot Exeter Laira Oxford Oxford
5013 Newton Abbot Landore Landore Landore Neath
5014 Laira Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Tyseley
5015 Cardiff Canton Stafford Rd Stafford Rd Bristol Bath Rd Llanelli
5016 Old Oak Common Landore Landore Landore Llanelli
5017 Taunton Worcester Worcester Gloucester Gloucester
5018 Old Oak Common Stafford Rd Bristol Bath Rd Reading Reading
5019 Laira Bristol Bath Rd Bristol Bath Rd Stafford Rd Stafford Rd
5020 Laira Cardiff Canton Cardiff Canton Penzance Llanelli
5021 Laira Shrewsbury Laira Laira Cardiff Canton
5022 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Stafford Rd Stafford Rd Stafford Rd
5023 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Laira Swindon Swindon
5024 Newton Abbot Bristol Bath Rd Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Newton Abbot
5025 Old Oak Common Bristol Bath Rd Bristol Bath Rd Oxford Hereford
5026 Newton Abbot Laira Laira Stafford Rd Oxley
5027 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Llanelli
5028 Laira Laira Newton Abbot Laira Laira
5029 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Worcester Cardiff East Dock
5030 Exeter Cardiff Canton Cardiff Canton Carmarthen Carmarthen
5031 Stafford Rd Stafford Rd Stafford Rd Stafford Rd Stafford Rd
5032 Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Newton Abbot Old Oak Common
5033 Stafford Rd Chester Chester Oxford Oxford
5034 Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Old Oak Common Old Oak Common
5035 Cardiff Canton Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Swindon
5036 Cardiff Canton Old Oak Common Reading Reading Old Oak Common
5037 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Bristol Bath Rd Worcester St Philip's Marsh
5038 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Shrewsbury Reading
5039 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Landore Reading
5040 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common St Philip's Marsh
5041 Laira Laira Newton Abbot Landore Old Oak Common
5042 Old Oak Common Gloucester Gloucester Worcester Gloucester
5043 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Cardiff East Dock
5044 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Cardiff Canton
5045 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Stafford Rd Stafford Rd
5046 Cardiff Canton Cardiff Canton Cardiff Canton Stafford Rd Stafford Rd
5047 Landore Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Stafford Rd Stafford Rd
5048 Bristol Bath Rd Bristol Bath Rd Bristol Bath Rd Bristol Bath Rd Llanelli
5049 Worcester Cardiff Canton Cardiff Canton Newton Abbot St Philip's Marsh

    

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