GWR 4073 Class 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

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Originally built as Banbury Castle in March 1936. Its first shed allocation was Old Oak Common. It was renamed Earl of Mount Edgcumbe in September 1937. From August 1950 until March 1959 its shed allocation was Old Oak Common. It had a double chimney and 4 row superheater fitted in October 1958. It was transferred from Cardiff Canton to Cardiff East Dock shed in September 1962. Its last shed allocation was Cardiff East Dock. It was withdrawn in December 1963 and acquired by Woodhams' Scrapyard in Barry, South Wales[1] in June 1964. It was sold to the Birmingham Railway Museum, Tyseley and left as the 43rd departure from Barry in September 1973.

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[1] http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/barry1.htm

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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
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