Rail Album - GWR Castle Class 4-6-0 Steam Engines

Castle class 4-6-0 5032 "Usk Castle".


	The Castle class 4-6-0s were designed under the leadership of the Great Western Railway's Chief Mechanical Engineer, Charles Collett. With their distinctive curved outside steam pipes they were officially known as the 4073 class and were introduced to traffic in 1923.

Castle class 4-6-0 5035 "Coity Castle".


	You may be interested in these railway DVDs:
	Great Western Railway Locomotives Along GWR Lines. Part 3

Castle class 4-6-0 5035 "Coity Castle" at High Wycombe carrying shed code 81A (Old Oak Common depot).


	Class: Builder: Driving Wheels: Cylinders: Boiler Pressure: Tractive Effort:	Castle Class (or 4073 class) GWR Swindon Works 6' 8.5" 4 (16 x 26 ins) 225 lbs / sq in 31,625 lbs

Castle class 4-6-0 5018 "St Mawes Castle".


	You may be interested in these railway books:
	GWR 4-6-0s in Colour Paddington to Ealing The Great Western Railway from Dean to Churchward - Volume One

Castle class 4-6-0 5051 "Earl Bathurst" at Didcot 3rd June 2001.

Diagram of GWR Castle class 4-6-0 steam locomotive

Castle class 4-6-0 4079 "Pendennis Castle" at Didcot 3rd June 2001.


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