GWR 4073 Class 7027 Thornbury Castle
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7027 Thornbury Castle was built in August 1949. Its first shed allocation was Plymouth Laira. Its March 1959 shed allocation was Old Oak Common. Its last shed allocation was Reading. It was withdrawn in December 1963 and arrived at Woodham's, Barry in May 1964. It was sold to the Birmingham Railway Museum and left as the 23rd departure from Barry in August 1972. Now at The Railway Age Crewe.
One set of name and number plates for the 7027 are mounted on a wall of the main hall of The Castle School in Thornbury, South Gloucestershire.
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4073 Caerphilly Castle | 4079 Pendennis Castle | 5029 Nunney Castle | 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe |
