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7.6K views · 631 reactions | GWR/BR Castle Class 7029 “Clun Castle” powers through Worting Junction heading for Birmingham Snow Hill this afternoon as she back with the return leg of the days @vintagetrains Railtour to Sailsbury  #BR#GWR#Castle#greatwesternrailway#Cluncastle#7029#maninline#steam#railtour#vintagetrains#basingstoke#hampshire#reels#reel#video#ukrailscene | Southern Steam Lad Photography | Facebook

End of an era. Inside a class 43 ‘Castle Class’ high speed train. Currently operated by GWR between Plymouth and Penzance. But due to be replaced very shortly by class 175 diesel multiple units. These trains have been upgraded and refurbished over the years, and they have been superbly maintained. But there is no getting away from the fact that some of them are nearly 50 years old. The class 43 is an iconic train, and will no doubt continue to be popular working on private rail tours for many ye

Pendennis Castle and The Flying Scotsman were old mates from 1925 and here we see them today again, half a world away in Perth, Western Australia in the latter half of 1989. They would travel together in this film by Jack Stanbridge from East Perth Terminal to Northam and back. GWR 4073 "Castle" Class No. 4079 Pendennis Castle is a 4-6-0 steam locomotive built in 1924 for the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Swindon Works to a design of Charles Collett. It was employed on long-distance express pas