Below is a list of all 171 GWR Castle Class engines, built between August 1923 and August 1950.
Numbers | First Name | Second Name | Built | Withdrawn | Notes | 111 | Viscount Churchill | — | 1924|Sep}} | 1953|Jul}} | Rebuilt from 111 The Great Bear |
4000 | North Star | — | 1929|Nov}} | 1957|May}} | Rebuilt from Star Class 4000 |
100 A1}} | Shooting Star | Lloyds | 1925|Apr}} | 1950|May}} | Rebuilt from Star Class 4009. Renumbered and renamed January 1936. Temporary fitted with oil firing in the 1940s.[1] First to be withdrawn. |
4016 | Knight of the Golden Fleece | The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) | 1925|Oct}} | 1951|Sep}} | Rebuilt from Star Class 4016. Renamed January 1938. Nameplate & crest on display at Somerset County Museum, Taunton |
4032 | Queen Alexandra | — | 1926|Apr}} | 1951|09}} | Rebuilt from Star Class 4032 |
4037 | Queen Philippa | The South Wales Borderers | 1926|Jun}} | 1962|Sep}} | Rebuilt from Star Class 4037. Renamed March 1937 |
4073 | Caerphilly Castle | — | 1923|Aug}} | 1960|May}} | Preserved at Swindon Steam Railway Museum |
4074 | Caldicot Castle | — | 1923|Dec}} | 1963|May}} |
4075 | Cardiff Castle | — | 1924|Jan}} | 1961|Nov}} |
4076 | Carmarthen Castle | — | 1924|Feb}} | 1963|Feb}} |
4077 | Chepstow Castle | — | 1924|Feb}} | 1962|Aug}} |
4078 | Pembroke Castle | — | 1924|Feb}} | 1962|Jul}} |
4079 | Pendennis Castle | — | 1924|Feb}} | 1964|May}} | Preserved at Didcot Railway Centre; under restoration |
4080 | Powderham Castle | — | 1924|Mar}} | 1964|Aug}} |
4081 | Warwick Castle | — | 1924|Mar}} | 1963|Jan}} |
4082 | Windsor Castle | 7013 Bristol Castle | 1924|Apr}} | 1964|Sep}} | Swapped name and number with 7013 Bristol Castle in February 1952 |
4083 | Abbotsbury Castle | — | 1925|May}} | 1961|Dec}} |
4084 | Aberystwyth Castle | — | 1925|May}} | 1960|Oct}} |
4085 | Berkeley Castle | — | 1925|May}} | 1962|May}} |
4086 | Builth Castle | — | 1925|Jun}} | 1962|Apr}} |
4087 | Cardigan Castle | — | 1925|Jun}} | 1963|Oct}} |
4088 | Dartmouth Castle | — | 1925|Jul}} | 1964|May}} |
4089 | Donnington Castle | — | 1925|Jul}} | 1964|Sep}} |
4090 | Dorchester Castle | — | 1925|Jul}} | 1963|Jun}} |
4091 | Dudley Castle | — | 1925|Jul}} | 1959|Jan}} | First ‘new-built’ Castle to be withdrawn |
4092 | Dunraven Castle | — | 1925|Aug}} | 1961|12}} |
4093 | Dunster Castle | — | 1926|May}} | 1964|Sep}} |
4094 | Dynevor Castle | — | 1926|May}} | 1962|Mar}} |
4095 | Harlech Castle | — | 1926|Jun}} | 1962|Dec}} |
4096 | Highclere Castle | — | 1926|Jun}} | 1963|Jan}} |
4097 | Kenilworth Castle | — | 1926|Jun}} | 1960|May}} |
4098 | Kidwelly Castle | — | 1926|Jul}} | 1963|Dec}} |
4099 | Kilgerran Castle | — | 1926|Aug}} | 1962|Sep}} |
5000 | Launceston Castle | — | 1926|Sep}} | 1964|oct}} |
5001 | Llandovery Castle | — | 1926|Sep}} | 1963|feb}} |
5002 | Ludlow Castle | — | 1926|Sep}} | 1964|sep}} |
5003 | Lulworth Castle | — | 1927|May}} | 1962|aug}} |
5004 | Llanstephan Castle | — | 1927|Jun}} | 1962|apr}} | Used in the 1936 movie "The Last Journey" Also appears in 1949 Ealing Studios movie 'Run for your Money' |
5005 | Manorbier Castle | — | 1927|Jun}} | 1960|feb}} | This is the only Castle Class to carry streamlining but this was experimental' |
5006 | Tregenna Castle | — | 1927|Jun}} | 1962|apr}} |
5007 | Rougemont Castle | — | 1927|Jun}} | 1962|sep}} |
5008 | Raglan Castle | — | 1927|Jun}} | 1962|sep}} |
5009 | Shrewsbury Castle | — | 1927|Jun}} | 1960|oct}} |
5010 | Restormel Castle | — | 1927|Jul}} | 1959|oct}} |
5011 | Tintagel Castle | — | 1927|Jul}} | 1962|sep}} |
5012 | Berry Pomeroy Castle | — | 1927|Jul}} | 1962|apr}} |
5013 | Abergavenny Castle | — | 1932|Jun}} | 1962|jul}} |
5014 | Goodrich Castle | — | 1932|Jun}} | 1965|feb}} |
5015 | Kingswear Castle | — | 1932|Jul}} | 1963|apr}} |
5016 | Montgomery Castle | — | 1932|Jul}} | 1962|sep}} |
5017 | St. Donat's Castle | The Gloucestershire Regiment 28th 61st | 1932|Jul}} | 1962|sep}} | Renamed April 1954 |
5018 | St Mawes Castle | — | 1932|Jul}} | 1964|mar}} |
5019 | Treago Castle | — | 1932|Jul}} | 1962|sep}} |
5020 | Trematon Castle | — | 1932|Jul}} | 1962|Nov}} |
5021 | Whittington Castle | — | 1932|Aug}} | 1962|sep}} |
5022 | Wigmore Castle | — | 1932|Aug}} | 1963|jun}} |
5023 | Brecon Castle | — | 1934|Apr}} | 1963|feb}} |
5024 | Carew Castle | — | 1934|Apr}} | 1962|May}} |
5025 | Chirk Castle | — | 1934|Apr}} | 1963|Nov}} |
5026 | Criccieth Castle | — | 1934|Apr}} | 1964|nov}} |
5027 | Farleigh Castle | — | 1934|Apr}} | 1962|nov}} |
5028 | Llantilio Castle | — | 1934|May}} | 1960|may}} |
5029 | Nunney Castle | — | 1934|May}} | 1963|Dec}} | Preserved - Rescued from Barry in May 1976. Seen pulling "The Elgar Explorer" at Ascot Under Wychwood on 1 December 2001 . At Tyseley for an intermediate overhaul as of December 2005. Overhaul completed in April 2008 and has been passed for mainline service. |
5030 | Shirburn Castle | — | 1934|May}} | 1962|sep}} |
5031 | Totnes Castle | — | 1934|May}} | 1963|oct}} |
5032 | Usk Castle | — | 1934|May}} | 1962|sep}} |
5033 | Broughton Castle | — | 1935|May}} | 1962|sep}} |
5034 | Corfe Castle | — | 1935|May}} | 1962|09}} |
5035 | Coity Castle | — | 1935|May}} | 1962|May}} |
5036 | Lyonshall Castle | — | 1935|May}} | 1962|sep}} | Briefly seen at 'Mallingford' station in the 1953 Ealing Comedy film "The Titfield Thunderbolt". |
5037 | Monmouth Castle | — | 1935|May}} | 1964|mar}} |
5038 | Morlais Castle | — | 1935|Jun}} | 1963|sep}} |
5039 | Rhuddlan Castle | — | 1935|Jun}} | 1964|jun}} | Temporary fitted with oil firing in the 1940s.[1] |
5040 | Stokesay Castle | — | 1935|Jun}} | 1963|oct}} |
5041 | Tiverton Castle | — | 1935|Jul}} | 1963|dec}} |
5042 | Winchester Castle | — | 1935|Jul}} | 1965|jun}} |
5043 | Barbury Castle | Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | 1936|Mar}} | 1963|Dec}} | Renamed September 1937. Preserved |
5044 | Beverston Castle | Earl of Dunraven | 1936|Mar}} | 1962|apr}} | Renamed September 1937 |
5045 | Bridgwater Castle | Earl of Dudley | 1936|Mar}} | 1962|sep}} | Renamed September 1937 |
5046 | Clifford Castle | Earl Cawdor | 1936|Apr}} | 1962|sep}} | Renamed August 1937 |
5047 | Compton Castle | Earl of Dartmouth | 1936|Apr}} | 1962|sep}} | Renamed August 1937 |
5048 | Cranbrook Castle | Earl of Devon | 1936|Apr}} | 1962|aug}} | Renamed August 1937 |
5049 | Denbigh Castle | Earl of Plymouth | 1936|Apr}} | 1963|mar}} | Renamed August 1937 |
5050 | Devizes Castle | Earl of St Germans | 1936|May}} | 1963|aug}} | Renamed August 1937 |
5051 | Drysllwyn Castle | Earl Bathurst | 1936|May}} | 1963|May}} | Renamed August 1937. Preserved at Didcot Railway Centre. Carries either name, alternately. |
5052 | Eastnor Castle | Earl of Radnor | 1936|May}} | 1962|sep}} | Renamed July 1937 |
5053 | Bishop's Castle | Earl Cairns | 1936|May}} | 1962|jul}} | Renamed August 1937 |
5054 | Lamphey Castle | Earl of Ducie | 1936|Jun}} | 1964|nov}} | Renamed September 1937 |
5055 | Lydford Castle | Earl of Eldon | 1936|Jun}} | 1964|oct}} | Renamed August 1937 |
5056 | Ogmore Castle | Earl of Powis | 1936|Jun}} | 1964|nov}} | Renamed September 1937 |
5057 | Penrice Castle | Earl Waldegrave | 1936|Jun}} | 1964|mar}} | Renamed October 1937 |
5058 | Newport Castle | Earl of Clancarty | 1937|May}} | 1963|mar}} | Renamed September 1937 |
5059 | Powis Castle | Earl St Aldwyn | 1937|May}} | 1962|jun}} | Renamed October 1937 |
5060 | Sarum Castle | Earl of Berkeley | 1937|Jun}} | 1963|apr}} | Renamed October 1937 |
5061 | Sudeley Castle | Earl of Birkenhead | 1937|Jun}} | 1962|sep}} | Renamed October 1937 |
5062 | Tenby Castle | Earl of Shaftesbury | 1937|Jun}} | 1962|aug}} | Renamed November 1937 |
5063 | Thornbury Castle | Earl Baldwin | 1937|Jun}} | 1965|feb}} | Renamed July 1937 |
5064 | Tretower Castle | Bishop's Castle | 1937|Jun}} | 1962|sep}} | Renamed September 1937 |
5065 | Upton Castle | Newport Castle | 1937|Jul}} | 1963|jan}} | Renamed September 1937 |
5066 | Wardour Castle | Sir Felix Pole | 1937|Jul}} | 1962|sep}} | Renamed April 1956 |
5067 | St Fagans Castle | — | 1937|Jul}} | 1962|jul}} |
5068 | Beverston Castle | — | 1938|Jun}} | 1962|sep}} |
5069 | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | — | 1938|Jun}} | 1962|feb}} |
5070 | Sir Daniel Gooch | — | 1938|Jun}} | 1964|mar}} |
5071 | Clifford Castle | Spitfire | 1938|Jun}} | 1963|oct}} | Renamed September 1940 |
5072 | Compton Castle | Hurricane | 1938|Jun}} | 1962|oct}} | Renamed November 1940 |
5073 | Cranbrook Castle | Blenheim | 1938|Jul}} | 1964|mar}} | Renamed January 1941 |
5074 | Denbigh Castle | Hampden | 1938|Jul}} | 1964|may}} | Renamed January 1941 |
5075 | Devizes Castle | Wellington | 1938|Aug}} | 1962|sep}} | Renamed October 1940 |
5076 | Drysllwyn Castle | Gladiator | 1938|Aug}} | 1964|sep}} | Renamed January 1941 |
5077 | Eastnor Castle | Fairey Battle | 1938|Aug}} | 1962|jul}} | Renamed October 1940 |
5078 | Lamphey Castle | Beaufort | 1939|May}} | 1962|nov}} | Renamed January 1941 |
5079 | Lydford Castle | Lysander | 1939|May}} | 1960|may}} | Renamed November 1940. Temporary fitted with oil firing in the 1940s.[1] |
5080 | Ogmore Castle | Defiant | 1939|May}} | 1963|Apr}} | Renamed January 1941. Preserved |
5081 | Penrice Castle | Lockheed Hudson | 1939|May}} | 1963|oct}} | Renamed January 1941 |
5082 | Powis Castle | Swordfish | 1939|Jun}} | 1962|Jul}} | Renamed January 1941 |
5083 | Bath Abbey | — | 1937|Jun}} | 1959|jan}} | Rebuilt from Star Class 4063. Temporary fitted with oil firing in the 1940s.[1] |
5084 | Reading Abbey | — | 1937|Apr}} | 1962|Jul}} | Rebuilt from Star Class 4064 |
5085 | Evesham Abbey | — | 1939|Jul}} | 1964|feb}} | Rebuilt from Star Class 4065 |
5086 | Viscount Horne | — | 1937|Dec}} | 1958|nov}} | Rebuilt from Star Class 4066 |
5087 | Tintern Abbey | — | 1940|Nov}} | 1963|aug}} | Rebuilt from Star Class 4067 |
5088 | Llanthony Abbey | — | 1939|Feb}} | 1962|sep}} | Rebuilt from Star Class 4068 |
5089 | Westminster Abbey | — | 1939|Oct}} | 1964|sep}} | Rebuilt from Star Class 4069 |
5090 | Neath Abbey | — | 1939|Apr}} | 1962|may}} | Rebuilt from Star Class 4070 |
5091 | Cleeve Abbey | — | 1938|Dec}} | 1964|oct}} | Rebuilt from Star Class 4071. Temporary fitted with oil firing in the 1940s.[1] |
5092 | Tresco Abbey | — | 1938|Apr}} | 1963|jul}} | Rebuilt from Star Class 4072 |
5093 | Upton Castle | — | 1939|Jun}} | 1963|sep}} |
5094 | Tretower Castle | — | 1939|Jun}} | 1962|sep}} |
5095 | Barbury Castle | — | 1939|Jun}} | 1962|aug}} |
5096 | Bridgwater Castle | — | 1939|Jun}} | 1964|jun}} |
5097 | Sarum Castle | — | 1939|Jul}} | 1963|mar}} |
5098 | Clifford Castle | — | 1946|May}} | 1964|jun}} |
5099 | Compton Castle | — | 1946|May}} | 1963|feb}} |
7000 | Viscount Portal | — | 1946|May}} | 1963|dec}} |
7001 | Denbigh Castle | Sir James Milne | 1946|May}} | 1963|sep}} | Renamed February 1948 |
7002 | Devizes Castle | — | 1946|Jun}} | 1964|mar}} |
7003 | Elmley Castle | — | 1946|Jun}} | 1964|aug}} |
7004 | Eastnor Castle | — | 1946|Jun}} | 1964|jan}} |
7005 | Lamphey Castle | Sir Edward Elgar | 1946|Jun}} | 1964|sep}} | Renamed August 1957 |
7006 | Lydford Castle | — | 1946|Jun}} | 1963|dec}} |
7007 | Ogmore Castle | Great Western | 1946|Jul}} | 1963|feb}} | Renamed January 1948 |
7008 | Swansea Castle | — | 1948|May}} | 1964|sep}} |
7009 | Athelney Castle | — | 1948|May}} | 1963|mar}} |
7010 | Avondale Castle | — | 1948|Jun}} | 1964|mar}} |
7011 | Banbury Castle | — | 1948|Jun}} | 1965|feb}} |
7012 | Barry Castle | — | 1948|Jun}} | 1964|nov}} |
7013 | Bristol Castle | 4082 Windsor Castle | 1948|Jul}} | 1965|feb}} | Swapped name and number with 4082 Windsor Castle in February 1952 |
7014 | Caerhays Castle | — | 1948|Jul}} | 1965|feb}} |
7015 | Carn Brea Castle | — | 1948|Jul}} | 1963|apr}} |
7016 | Chester Castle | — | 1948|Aug}} | 1962|nov}} |
7017 | G. J. Churchward | — | 1948|Aug}} | 1963|feb}} | Only Castle class name with full stops |
7018 | Drysllwyn Castle | — | 1949|May}} | 1963|sep}} |
7019 | Fowey Castle | — | 1949|May}} | 1964|sep}} |
7020 | Gloucester Castle | — | 1949|May}} | 1963|sep}} |
7021 | Haverfordwest Castle | — | 1949|Jun}} | 1963|sep}} |
7022 | Hereford Castle | — | 1949|Jun}} | 1965|jun}} |
7023 | Penrice Castle | — | 1949|Jun}} | 1965|feb}} |
7024 | Powis Castle | — | 1949|Jun}} | 1965|feb}} |
7025 | Sudeley Castle | — | 1949|Aug}} | 1964|sep}} |
7026 | Tenby Castle | — | 1949|Aug}} | 1964|oct}} |
7027 | Thornbury Castle | — | 1949|Aug}} | 1963|dec}} | Preserved |
7028 | Cadbury Castle | — | 1950|May}} | 1963|dec}} |
7029 | Clun Castle | — | 1950|May}} | 1965|Dec}} | Last Castle to be withdrawn. Preserved |
7030 | Cranbrook Castle | — | 1950|Jun}} | 1963|feb}} |
7031 | Cromwell's Castle | — | 1950|Jun}} | 1963|jul}} |
7032 | Denbigh Castle | — | 1950|Jun}} | 1964|sep}} |
7033 | Hartlebury Castle | — | 1950|Jul}} | 1963|jan}} |
7034 | Ince Castle | — | 1950|Aug}} | 1965|jun}} |
7035 | Ogmore Castle | — | 1950|Aug}} | 1965|aug}} |
7036 | Taunton Castle | — | 1950|Aug}} | 1963|sep}} |
7037 | Swindon | — | 1950|Aug}} | 1963|mar}} |
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