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Wednesday 2 September 2015

Great Western Railway Nunney Castle 5029

Taking water at Pickering before taking a full train
back to Grosmont


A great visitor


GWR 4073 Class 5029 Nunney Castle is a Great Western Railway Castle Classsteam locomotive. It was built at Swindon Works in 1934, and takes the name of Nunney Castle near FromeSomerset. She was outshopped from Swindon Works on 28 May 1934. The locomotive was used in many publicity and "life on the railway" type of photographs. During the first day of the World War II Evacuations, the locomotive hauled trains carrying children being taken from London to the safety of the countryside. Nunney Castle was also used to haul the Royal Train in October 1957 from London Paddington station to Gloucester.
Many thanks Wikipedia for the above

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