GWR 4073 Class 4073 Caerphilly Castle

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4073 Caerphilly Castle (4073 is also the Class number) locomotive was built in August 1923. Its first shed allocation was Old Oak Common. Its August 1950 shed allocation was Bath Road, Bristol. Its last shed allocation was Cardiff Canton in March 1959. It was withdrawn in May 1960, and after a stint at Paddington and the Science Museum in Kensington, is now preserved at the STEAM Museum of Swindon.

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Preserved GWR Castle Class locomotives

4073 Caerphilly Castle   |  4079 Pendennis Castle   |  5029 Nunney Castle   |  5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
5051 Earl Bathurst    |  5080 Defiant    |  7027 Thornbury Castle   |  7029 Clun Castle