Collett Castle Class

I have added a lot of new photos i have obtained of GWR locos, pre 1968
This collection features Collett’s Castle class locos built on and off right through from 1923-1950

This collection features the locos built in 1923, just 2 locos 4073+4074

I do not have any photos of 4073 in BR service, but here are a couple taken by Tony Gillett in 1967 at the Science Museum in London
4073 Caerphilly Castle Science Museum 23-12-67
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles/40734074-Built-1923/i-fqBS8BL
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles/40734074-Built-1923/i-QGL9nfk
4074 Caldicot Castle Swindon
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4074 Caldicot Castle Old Oak Common August 1959
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Neil

 

I have added a lot of new photos i have obtained of GWR locos, pre 1968
This collection features Collett’s Castle class locos built on and off right through from 1923-1950

This collection features the locos built in 1924, 4075-4082

4079 Pendennis Castle on non railtour duties

4079 Pendennis Castle 'Pidgeon special' Reading 7-12-1963
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https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles/40754082-Built-1924/i-mqd7CdN
4079 Pendennis Castle + 7910 Hown Hall St Phillips Marsh shed 15-12-1963
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles/40754082-Built-1924/i-MTLK3XC
4079 Pendennis Castle Worcester 4-4-1964
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plenty of railtours
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles/40754082-Built-1924/i-tMt8Qrg
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles/40754082-Built-1924/i-fs3kpSN

other castles from this build
4080 Powderham Castle Swindon 21-11-1961
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4081 Warwick Castle Cardiff Canton shed
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4081 Warwick Castle 11-5-1963 (withdrawn 4 months earlier in Jan 1963) 87G Carmarthen shed
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4082 Bristol Castle at Paddington with the 7.15 Paddington-Worcester service 18-3-1964
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles/40754082-Built-1924/i-nZzWR3d

Neil

 

I have added a lot of new photos i have obtained of GWR locos, pre 1968
This collection features Collett’s Castle class locos built on and off right through from 1923-1950

This collection features the locos built in 1925, 4083-4092

4087 Cardigan Castle Swindon 25-7-1963
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4088 Dartmouth Castle Reading 28-8-1958
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4088 Dartmouth Castle Swindon
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89 Donnington Castle Reading 28-7-1964
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4089 Donnington Castle Paddington 4-4-1964
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4090 Dorchester Castle at Swindon with a Fishguard-Paddington service 1-11-1962
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Neil

 

I have added a lot of new photos i have obtained of GWR locos, pre 1968
This collection features Collett’s Castle class locos built on and off right through from 1923-1950

This collection features the locos built in 1926 4093-5002


4093 Dunster Castle + 5056 Earl of Powis St Phillips Marsh shed 15-12-1963
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4093 Dunster Castle Swindon 23-10-1962
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4098 Kidwelly Castle + 5070 Sir Daniel Gooch Old Oak Common 10-11-1963
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5002 Ludlow Castle at Didcot with 3.10 Worcester-Paddington service 25-2-1964
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4 photos from here of 5002 Ludlow Castle with the 7.35am Swindon-Didcot service 9-4-1964 at various locations
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5002 Ludlow Castle Reading 24-4-1964
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5002 Ludlow Castle station pilot at Reading 21-3-1964
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Neil

 

I have added a lot of new photos i have obtained of GWR locos, pre 1968
This collection features Collett’s Castle class locos built on and off right through from 1923-1950

This collection features the locos built in 1926 4093-5002


included is this photo of
5005 Manorbier Castle at Paddington with streamlining
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5010 Restormel Castle + 6000 King George V + 4004 Morning Star Old Oak Common
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles/5000-5012-4073-5012-Built-June/i-T8hV48f

a 0-4-0 Castle
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles/5000-5012-4073-5012-Built-June/i-tsH3tbF

and 5003 rescues a Warship
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles/5000-5012-4073-5012-Built-June/i-j4dkkb7

Neil

 

I have added a lot of new photos i have obtained of GWR locos, pre 1968
This collection features Collett’s Castle class locos built on and off right through from 1923-1950

This collection features the locos built in 1932 : 5013-5032


5015 Kingswear Castle
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5018 St. Mawes Castle at Oxford 2-11-1963
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5018 St. Mawes Castle Paddington 2-11-1963
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5018 St. Mawes Castle at Oxford with 11.10am Worcester-Paddington service 8-2-1964
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5018 St. Mawes Castle at Paddington with 11.10am Worcester-Paddington service 8-2-1964
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Neil

 

I have added a lot of new photos i have obtained of GWR locos, pre 1968
This collection features Collett’s Castle class locos built on and off right through from 1923-1950

This collection features the locos built in 1934 : 5023-5032

including quite a few photos of now preserved
5029 Nunney Castle

5029 Nunney Castle Newport 16-11-1963 (1)
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5029 Nunney Castle Bristol 30-8-1963
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5024 Carew Castle Swindon
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5025 Chirk Castle Didcot shed 13-4-1963
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5026 Criccieth Castle 'Pines Express' at Lapworth troughs 3-6-1963
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5027 Farleigh Castle Swindon 7-3-1963 (withdrawn 4 months previously Nov 1962)
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5028 Llantilio Castle Severn Tunnel Jct 23-4-1955
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5030 Shirburn Castle Swindon
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Neil

 

I have added a lot of new photos i have obtained of GWR locos, pre 1968
This collection features Collett’s Castle class locos built on and off right through from 1923-1950

This collection features new photos of the locos built in 1935 : 5033-5042

5036 Lyonshall Castle
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castle-19321939-built-/50335042-Built-1935/i-SFHpRXS
5038 Morlais Castle withdrawn at Reading shed 1-3-1964 (withdrawn 5 months earlier Sep 1963)
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castle-19321939-built-/50335042-Built-1935/i-JtTZLRP
5039 Rhuddlan Castle at Oxford with 7.10am Worcester-Padington service 22-6-1963
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5039 Rhuddlan Castle Swindon 6-6-1963
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5040 Stokesay Castle (L) 5098 Clifford Castle (m) + 6816 Frankton Grange (r) St Phillips Marsh shed 15-12-1963
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Neil

 

I have added a lot of new photos i have obtained of GWR locos, pre 1968
This collection features Collett’s Castle class locos built on and off right through from 1923-1950

This collection features new photos of the locos built in 1937 : 5058-5067

it also includes this photo by ‘Barking’ Bill Wright (reproduced with his permission)
5063 Earl Baldwin Gloucester 2/4/1965 (Withdrawn 28/2/1965) minus centre driving wheels, nameplate but still with smokebox & cabside number plates!
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castle-19321939-built-/50585067-Built-1937/i-cTNMQ2z

5059 Earl St. Aldwyn
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5063 Earl Baldwin near Swan Village with the 6.35am Wolverhampton-Paignton service 10-8-1963
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5063 Earl Baldwin
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5063 Earl Baldwin Gloucester 7-9-1963
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5065 Newport Castle Somerton 6-9-1952
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Neil

 

I have added a lot of new photos i have obtained of GWR locos, pre 1968
This collection features Collett’s Castle class locos built on and off right through from 1923-1950

This collection features new photos of the locos built in 1939 : 5078-5082+5093-5097

More WW2 aircraft named locos
5078 Beaufort+5998 Trevor Hall outside 'A' shop Swindon 13-10-1961
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5079 Lysander Bristol Temple Meads
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5081 Lockheed Hudson near Reading 28-8-1958
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5081 Lockheed Hudson Pontypool Rd 16-7-1963
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5081 Lockheed Hudson Reading mpd 4-9-1954
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5081 Lockheed Hudson Stoke Gifford
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5081 Lockheed Hudson Swindon 11-4-1963
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back to traditional Castle names
5093 Upton Castle
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5097 Sarum Castle Patchway
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Neil

 

I have added a lot of new photos i have obtained of GWR locos, pre 1968
This collection features Collett’s Castle class locos built on and off right through from 1923-1950

This collection features new photos of the post war built locos and the last for the GWR they were built in 1945 5098-5099+7000-7007

5098 Clifford Castle Reading 26-5-1963
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5099 Compton Castle Patchway
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7000 Viscount Portal Norton 27-4-1963
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7001 Sir James Milne
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7002 Devizes Castle Severn Tunnel Jct 23-4-1955
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7003 Elmley Castle Kemble 'Cheltenham Spa Express' 7-9-1962
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7004 Eastnor Castle Swindon (minus plates 4 days before withdrawn) 27-1-1964
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7005 Sir Edward Elgar
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7006 Lydford Castle at Reading with a up Cheltenham Express 5-9-1953
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And the last built Castle for the GWR aptly named :
7007 Great Western
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Neil

 

I have added a lot of new photos i have obtained of GWR locos, pre 1968
This collection features Collett’s Castle class locos built on and off right through from 1923-1950

This collection features new photos of the post war built locos and the first under nationalisation for W.R. of BR in 1948 7008-7017

7008 Swansea Castle Old Oak Common 9-6-1963
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7010 Avondale Castle Paddington 18-3-1964
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7011 Banbury Castle Paddington 24-2-1964
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7012 Barry Castle Bristol 30-3-1964
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7013 Bristol Castle with the up 'Cathedrals Express' Goring troughs 13-4-1963
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70087017-Built-1948/i-gfSdRCb

7014 Caerhays Castle in the snow outside 'A' shop Swindon 4-1-1963
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70087017-Built-1948/i-9sCM68t

7015 Carn Brea Castle Old Oak Common 9-6-1963 (withdrawn 2 months earlier in April 1963)
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70087017-Built-1948/i-Zjkj2Mn

Neil

 

I have added a lot of new photos i have obtained of GWR locos, pre 1968
This collection features Collett’s Castle class locos built on and off right through from 1923-1950

This collection features new photos of the post war built locos built in 1949 7018-7027

7019 Fowey Castle Swindon 23-1-1963
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70187027-Built-1949/i-SXmDB4h
7020 Gloucester Castle at Reading with the 3.15pm Paddington-Worcester service 8-2-1964
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70187027-Built-1949/i-dfVPCmx
7022 Hereford Castle
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70187027-Built-1949/i-CXZVhfN
7023 Penrice Castle at Worcester with the 11.10am service to Paddington 29-2-1964
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70187027-Built-1949/i-Bc6wmmQ
7024 Powis Castle Bristol with 8.00am Wolverhampton-Ilfracombe service 22-8-1964
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70187027-Built-1949/i-cTjnj5c
7025 Sudeley Castle Reading 25-5-1963
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70187027-Built-1949/i-DQ5cbWN
7026 Tenby Castle Leamington Spa 28-12-1963
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70187027-Built-1949/i-hBvcZ3P

Sad sight of 7027 Thornbury Castle. hopefully a better future sometime in preservation
7027 Thornbury Castle Reading shed 1-3-1964 (withdrawn 4 month earlier in Dec 1963)
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70187027-Built-1949/i-P9HBmLv

Neil

 

I'm probably there somewhere as it was a Saturday (non school day)!

https://railway-photography.smugmug...-19461950-built/70187027-Built-1949/i-dfVPCmx


Certainly looks a lot better than it does now.

https://railway-photography.smugmug...-19461950-built/70187027-Built-1949/i-P9HBmLv
I remember cabbing it on Reading shed whilst it was there behind the lifting shop.
ironically there was news about this loco today.

 

I have added a lot of new photos i have obtained of GWR locos, pre 1968
This collection features Collett’s Castle class locos built on and off right through from 1923-1950

This last collection features new photos of the post war built locos built in 1950 7028-7037

7028 Cadbury Castle
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70287037-Built-1950/i-Bf24kKH

There are quite a lot of photos of
7029 Clun Castle
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70287037-Built-1950/i-9F9jJX2
to
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70287037-Built-1950/i-VMfjD33
7032 Denbigh Castle Reading with the 7.10 Worcester-Paddington service 5-3-1964
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70287037-Built-1950/i-qZ3m4mh
7033 Hartlebury Castle at Kemble with the 9.22am Cheltenham-Swindon service 7-9-1962
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70287037-Built-1950/i-XK8kJqB
7034 Ince Castle + 3800 Gloucester shed 29-12-1963
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70287037-Built-1950/i-9qzzmf5
7035 Ogmore Castle Paddington 16-10-1963
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70287037-Built-1950/i-WPpW7f6
7036 Taunton Castle Old Oak Common 9-6-1963
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70287037-Built-1950/i-v7NjNN9
7037 Swindon still with coat of arms on splasher(minus plates withdrawn 3-1963) Old Oak Common 10-11-1963
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Collett-Castle-Class/Collett-Castles-19461950-built/70287037-Built-1950/i-8Wzsdxw

Neil