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'Castle' class details, 5050 - 5099


Name & number Built Double chimney & 4 row s/heater Withdrawn Scrapped at Notes
5050    Earl of St. Germans May 1936 --- August 1963 Cooper's Metals, Sharpness Built as Devizes Castle. Renamed August 1937
5051    Earl Bathurst May 1936 --- May 1963 --- Built as Drysllwyn Castle. Renamed August 1937. Acquired by Woodham's October 1963. Sold to GWS, Didcot and left as the 4th departure from Barry
5052    Earl of Radnor May 1936 --- September 1962 Built as Eastnor Castle. Renamed July 1937
5053    Earl Cairns May 1936 --- July 1962. 1,293,786 miles Cashmore's, Newport Built as Bishop's Castle. Renamed August 1937
5054    Earl of Ducie June 1936 --- November 1964 Built as Lamphey Castle. Renamed September 1937
5055    Earl of Eldon June 1936 --- October 1964 Built as Lydford Castle. Renamed August 1937
5056    Earl of Powis June 1936 October 1960 November 1964 Built as Ogmore Castle. Renamed September 1937
5057    Earl Waldergrave June 1936 July 1958 March 1964 Built as Penrice Castle. Renamed October 1937
5058    Earl of Clancarty May 1937 March 1963 Built as Newport Castle. Renamed September 1937
5059    Earl of St. Aldwyn May 1937 --- June 1962 Built as Powis Castle. Renamed October 1937
5060    Earl of Berkeley July 1937 July 1961 April 1963 Built as Sarum Castle. Renamed October 1937
5061    Earl of Birkenhead July 1937 September 1958 September 1962 Cashmore's, Newport Built as Sudeley Castle. Renamed October 1937
5062    Earl of Shaftsbury June 1937 --- August 1962 Built as Tenby Castle. Renamed November 1937
5063    Earl Baldwin June 1937 --- February 1965 Built as Thornbury Castle. Renamed July 1937
5064    Bishop's Castle June 1937 September 1958 September 1962 Cashmore's, Newport Built as Tretower Castle. Renamed September 1937
5065    Newport Castle July 1937 --- January 1963 A. King & Son, Norwich Built as Upton Castle. Renamed September 1937
5066    Sir Felix Pole July 1937 April 1959 September 1962 Cashmore's, Great Bridge Built as Wardour Castle. Renamed April 1956
5067    St Fagans Castle July 1937 --- July 1962
5068    Beverston Castle June 1938 July 1959 September 1962 Cashmore's, Great Bridge
5069    Isambard Kingdom
           Brunel		 June 1938 November 1958 February 1962
5070    Sir Daniel Gooch June 1938 --- March 1964
5071    Spitfire June 1938 June 1959 October 1963 Cooper's Metals, Sharpness Built as Clifford Castle. Renamed September 1940
5072    Hurricane June 1938 --- October 1962 Bird's, Swansea Built as Compton Castle. Renamed November 1940
5073    Blenheim July 1938 July 1959 March 1964 Built as Cranbrook Castle. Renamed January 1941
5074    Hampden July 1938 September 1961 May 1964 Cashmore's, Great Bridge Built as Denbigh Castle. Renamed January 1941
5075    Wellington August 1938 --- September 1962 Cashmore's, Newport Built as Devizes Castle. Renamed October 1940
5076    Gladiator August 1938 --- September 1964 Built as Drysllwyn Castle. Renamed January 1941
5077    Fairey Battle August 1938 --- July 1962 Built as Eastnor Castle. Renamed October 1940
5078    Beaufort May 1939 December 1961 November 1962 Built as Lamphey Castle. Renamed January 1941
5079    Lysander May 1939 --- May 1960 Built as Lydford Castle. Renamed November 1940
5080    Defiant May 1939 --- April 1963 --- Built as Ogmore Castle. Renamed January 1941. Acquired by Woodham's October 1963. Sold to Birmingham Railway Museum and left as the 62nd departure from Barry, August 1974
5081    Lockheed Hudson May 1939 --- October 1963 Built as Penrice Castle. Renamed January 1941
5082    Swordfish June 1939 --- July 1962 Cashmore's, Great Bridge Built as Powis Castle. Renamed January 1941
5083    Bath Abbey June 1937 --- January 1959 Rebuilt from 'Star' class engine number 4063 Bath Abbey
5084    Reading Abbey April 1937 --- July 1962 Cashmore's, Great Bridge Rebuilt from 'Star' class engine number 4064 Reading Abbey
5085    Evesham Abbey July 1939 --- February 1964 Rebuilt from 'Star' class engine number 4065 Evesham Abbey
5086    Viscount Horne December 1937 --- November 1958 Rebuilt from 'Star' class engine number 4066 Viscount Horne
5087    Tintern Abbey November 1940 --- August 1963 Rebuilt from 'Star' class engine number 4067 Tintern Abbey
5088    Llanthony Abbey February 1939 June 1958 September 1962 Rebuilt from 'Star' class engine number 4068 Llanthony Abbey
5089    Westminster Abbey October 1939 --- November 1964 Rebuilt from 'Star' class engine number 4069 Westminster Abbey
5090    Neath Abbey April 1939 --- May 1962 Cashmore's, Newport Rebuilt from 'Star' class engine number 4070 Neath Abbey
5091    Cleeve Abbey December 1938 --- October 1964 Cashmore's, Great Bridge Rebuilt from 'Star' class engine number 4071 Cleeve Abbey
5092    Tresco Abbey April 1938 October 1961 July 1963 Rebuilt from 'Star' class engine number 4072 Tresco Abbey
5093    Upton Castle June 1939 -- September 1963 Fitted with heavy cadmium whistle chain August 1954
5094    Tretower Castle June 1939 June 1960 September 1962 Cashmore's, Newport
5095    Barbury Castle June 1939 November 1958 August 1962
5096    Bridgwater Castle June 1939 January 1959 June 1964
5097    Sarum Castle July 1939 June 1961 March 1963
5098    Clifford Castle May 1946 January 1959 June 1964
5099    Compton Castle May 1946 --- February 1963 A. King & Son, Norwich




    'Castle' shed allocations.


Number First Shed 31 Dec 47 August 1950 March 1959 Last Shed
5050 Worcester Laira Shrewsbury Shrewsbury St Philip's Marsh
5051 Landore Landore Landore Landore Llanelli
5052 Cardiff Canton Cardiff Canton Cardiff Canton Old Oak Common St Philip's Marsh
5053 Shrewsbury Stafford Rd Stafford Rd Newton Abbot Cardiff Canton
5054 Old Oak Common Cardiff Canton Cardiff Canton Bristol Bath Rd Gloucester
5055 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Newton Abbot Gloucester
5056 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Oxley
5057 Newton Abbot Laira Laira Bristol Bath Rd Old Oak Common
5058 Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Laira Laira Gloucester
5059 Exeter Exeter Exeter Stafford Rd Shrewsbury
5060 Stafford Rd Laira Laira Old Oak Common Old Oak Common
5061 Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Reading Cardiff Canton
5062 Stafford Rd Newton Abbot Exeter Bristol Bath Rd Llanelli
5063 Worcester Worcester Worcester Stafford Rd Oxley
5064 Newton Abbot Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Swindon Gloucester
5065 Exeter Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common
5066 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common
5067 Old Oak Common Swindon Bristol Bath Rd Carmarthen Reading
5068 Bristol Bath Rd Swindon Swindon Swindon Oxford
5069 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Laira Laira
5070 Old Oak Common Stafford Rd Stafford Rd Stafford Rd Old Oak Common
5071 Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Worcester St Philip's Marsh
5072 Newton Abbot Landore Landore Stafford Rd Stafford Rd
5073 Laira Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Bristol Bath Rd Cardiff East Dock
5074 Old Oak Common Bristol Bath Rd Bristol Bath Rd Old Oak Common St Philip's Marsh
5075 Stafford Rd Stafford Rd Chester Laira St Philip's Marsh
5076 Exeter Bristol Bath Rd Bristol Bath Rd Bristol Bath Rd Southall
5077 Old Oak Common Taunton Taunton Landore Llanelli
5078 Laira Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Bristol Bath Rd Neath
5079 Old Oak Common Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Old Oak Common
5080 Old Oak Common Cardiff Canton Cardiff Canton Carmarthen Llanelli
5081 Stafford Rd Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Worcester Cardiff East Dock
5082 Bristol Bath Rd Bristol Bath Rd Bristol Bath Rd Old Oak Common Old Oak Common
5083 Landore Bristol Bath Rd Swindon --- Worcester
5084 Weymouth Bristol Bath Rd Swindon Old Oak Common Old Oak Common
5085 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Bristol Bath Rd St Philip's Marsh
5086 Stafford Rd Shrewsbury Shrewsbury --- Worcester
5087 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Llanelli
5088 Shrewsbury Stafford Rd Stafford Rd Stafford Rd Stafford Rd
5089 Landore Landore Cardiff Canton Stafford Rd Oxley
5090 Laira Laira Laira Bristol Bath Rd Old Oak Common
5091 Bristol Bath Rd Bristol Bath Rd Swindon Landore Tyseley
5092 Gloucester Worcester Worcester Bristol Bath Rd Cardiff East Dock
5093 Old Oak Common Landore Landore Old Oak Common Old Oak Common
5094 Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Bristol Bath Rd Gloucester St Philip's Marsh
5095 Laira Laira Laira Cardiff Canton Shrewsbury
5096 Bristol Bath Rd Weston-S-Mare Bristol Bath Rd Bristol Bath Rd Worcester
5097 Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Cardiff East Dock
5098 Landore Exeter Laira Laira Oxley
5099 Old Oak Common Old Oak Common Cardiff Canton Cardiff Canton Gloucester

    



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