GWR 4073 Class 5029 Nunney Castle

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5029 Nunney Castle seen in preservation at Didcot Railway Centre in the 1980s.
5029 Nunney Castle seen in preservation at Didcot Railway Centre in the 1980s.

5029 Nunney Castle is a GWR 4073 Class locomotive built in May 1934. It was withdrawn in December 1963 and sent to Woodhams' Scrapyard in Barry, South Wales[1]in May 1964. It was sold to the Great Western Society and rescued from Woodham's in May 1976. Seen pulling "The Elgar Explorer" at Ascot Under Wychwood in December 2001 (personal sighting). Presently is at Tyseley for an intermediate overhaul (December 2005). Recent (28/12/05) information indicates that it now belongs to Jeremy Hosking. Expected to return to the main line late 2007.

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

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[edit] Loco's own website.


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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