List of GWR 4073 Class locomotives

Below is a list of all 171 GWR Castle Class engines, built between August 1923 and August 1950.

Five of these were converted to burn oil for a short period in the 1940s. Unlike most other locomotives so converted, they were not renumbered.

Fleet details +Key to table Scrapped Preserved Numbers First Name Second Name Built Withdrawn Notes 111 Viscount Churchill — Rebuilt from 111 The Great Bear 4000 North Star — Rebuilt from Star Class 4000 4009 / Shooting Star Lloyds Rebuilt from Star Class 4009. Renumbered and renamed January 1936. Temporarily fitted with oil firing January 1947–September 1948. First to be withdrawn. 4016 Knight of the Golden Fleece The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) Rebuilt from Star Class 4016. Renamed January 1938. Nameplate & crest on display at Somerset County Museum, Taunton 4032 Queen Alexandra — Rebuilt from Star Class 4032 4037 Queen Philippa The South Wales Borderers Rebuilt from Star Class 4037. Renamed March 1937 4073 Caerphilly Castle — Preserved at Swindon Steam Railway Museum 4074 Caldicot Castle — 4075 Cardiff Castle — 4076 Carmarthen Castle — 4077 Chepstow Castle — 4078 Pembroke Castle — 4079 Pendennis Castle — Preserved at Didcot Railway Centre 4080 Powderham Castle — 4081 Warwick Castle — 4082 Windsor Castle 7013 Bristol Castle Hauled the funeral train at the state funeral of George V, 1936. Swapped name and number with 7013 Bristol Castle in February 1952 4083 Abbotsbury Castle — 4084 Aberystwyth Castle — 4085 Berkeley Castle — Struck and killed GWR Chief Mechanical Engineer George Churchward on 19 December 1933 4086 Builth Castle — 4087 Cardigan Castle — 4088 Dartmouth Castle — 4089 Donnington Castle — 4090 Dorchester Castle — 4091 Dudley Castle — First ‘new-built’ Castle to be withdrawn 4092 Dunraven Castle — 4093 Dunster Castle — 4094 Dynevor Castle — 4095 Harlech Castle — 4096 Highclere Castle — 4097 Kenilworth Castle — 4098 Kidwelly Castle — 4099 Kilgerran Castle — Real castle's name spelled Cilgerran Castle 5000 Launceston Castle — 5001 Llandovery Castle — 5002 Ludlow Castle — 5003 Lulworth Castle — 5004 Llanstephan Castle — Used in the 1936 movie "The Last Journey" Also appears in 1949 Ealing Studios movie 'Run for your Money' 5005 Manorbier Castle — This is the only Castle Class to carry streamlining but this was experimental' 5006 Tregenna Castle — 5007 Rougemont Castle — 5008 Raglan Castle — 5009 Shrewsbury Castle — 5010 Restormel Castle — 5011 Tintagel Castle — 5012 Berry Pomeroy Castle — 5013 Abergavenny Castle — 5014 Goodrich Castle — 5015 Kingswear Castle — 5016 Montgomery Castle — 5017 St. Donat's CastleThe Gloucestershire Regiment 28th 61st Renamed April 1954 5018 St Mawes Castle — 5019 Treago Castle — 5020 Trematon Castle — 5021 Whittington Castle — 5022 Wigmore Castle — 5023 Brecon Castle — 5024 Carew Castle — 5025 Chirk Castle — 5026 Criccieth Castle — 5027 Farleigh Castle — 5028 Llantilio Castle — 5029 Nunney Castle — Preserved - Operated on the main line by Icons of Steam 5030 Shirburn Castle — 5031 Totnes Castle — 5032 Usk Castle — 5033 Broughton Castle — 5034 Corfe Castle — 5035 Coity Castle — 5036 Lyonshall Castle — 5037 Monmouth Castle — 5038 Morlais Castle — 5039 Rhuddlan Castle — Temporarily fitted with oil firing December 1946–September 1948. 5040 Stokesay Castle — 5041 Tiverton Castle — 5042 Winchester Castle — 5043 Barbury Castle Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Renamed September 1937. Preserved 5044 Beverston Castle Earl of Dunraven Renamed September 1937 5045 Bridgwater Castle Earl of Dudley Renamed September 1937 5046 Clifford Castle Earl Cawdor Renamed August 1937 5047 Compton Castle Earl of Dartmouth Renamed August 1937 5048 Cranbrook Castle Earl of Devon Renamed August 1937 5049 Denbigh Castle Earl of Plymouth Renamed August 1937 5050 Devizes Castle Earl of St Germans Renamed August 1937 5051 Drysllwyn Castle Earl Bathurst Renamed August 1937. Preserved at Didcot Railway Centre. Carries either name, alternately. 5052 Eastnor Castle Earl of Radnor Renamed July 1937 5053 Bishop's Castle Earl Cairns Renamed August 1937 5054 Lamphey Castle Earl of Ducie Renamed September 1937 5055 Lydford Castle Earl of Eldon Renamed August 1937 5056 Ogmore Castle Earl of Powis Renamed September 1937 5057 Penrice Castle Earl Waldegrave Renamed October 1937 5058 Newport Castle Earl of Clancarty Renamed September 1937 5059 Powis Castle Earl St Aldwyn Renamed October 1937 5060 Sarum Castle Earl of Berkeley Renamed October 1937 5061 Sudeley Castle Earl of Birkenhead Renamed October 1937 5062 Tenby Castle Earl of Shaftesbury Renamed November 1937 5063 Thornbury Castle Earl Baldwin Renamed July 1937 5064 Tretower Castle Bishop's Castle Renamed September 1937 5065 Upton Castle Newport Castle Renamed September 1937 5066 Wardour Castle Sir Felix Pole Renamed April 1956 5067 St Fagans Castle — 5068 Beverston Castle — 5069 Isambard Kingdom Brunel — 5070 Sir Daniel Gooch — 5071 Clifford Castle Spitfire Renamed September 1940 5072 Compton Castle Hurricane Renamed November 1940 5073 Cranbrook Castle Blenheim Renamed January 1941 5074 Denbigh Castle Hampden Renamed January 1941 5075 Devizes Castle Wellington Renamed October 1940 5076 Drysllwyn Castle Gladiator Renamed January 1941 5077 Eastnor Castle Fairey Battle Renamed October 1940 5078 Lamphey Castle Beaufort Renamed January 1941 5079 Lydford Castle Lysander Renamed November 1940. Temporarily fitted with oil firing January 1947–October 1948. 5080 Ogmore Castle Defiant Renamed January 1941. Preserved 5081 Penrice Castle Lockheed Hudson Renamed January 1941 5082 Powis Castle Swordfish Renamed January 1941 5083 Bath Abbey — Rebuilt from Star Class 4063. Temporarily fitted with oil firing December 1946–November 1948. 5084 Reading Abbey — Rebuilt from Star Class 4064 5085 Evesham Abbey — Rebuilt from Star Class 4065 5086 Viscount Horne — Rebuilt from Star Class 4066 5087 Tintern Abbey — Rebuilt from Star Class 4067 5088 Llanthony Abbey — Rebuilt from Star Class 4068 5089 Westminster Abbey — Rebuilt from Star Class 4069 5090 Neath Abbey — Rebuilt from Star Class 4070 5091 Cleeve Abbey — Rebuilt from Star Class 4071. Temporarily fitted with oil firing October 1946–November 1948. 5092 Tresco Abbey — Rebuilt from Star Class 4072 5093 Upton Castle — 5094 Tretower Castle — 5095 Barbury Castle — 5096 Bridgwater Castle — 5097 Sarum Castle — 5098 Clifford Castle — 5099 Compton Castle — 7000 Viscount Portal — 7001 Denbigh Castle Sir James Milne Renamed February 1948 7002 Devizes Castle — 7003 Elmley Castle — 7004 Eastnor Castle — 7005 Lamphey Castle Sir Edward Elgar Renamed August 1957 7006 Lydford Castle — 7007 Ogmore Castle Great Western Renamed January 1948 7008 Swansea Castle — 7009 Athelney Castle — 7010 Avondale Castle — 7011 Banbury Castle — 7012 Barry Castle — 7013 Bristol Castle 4082 Windsor Castle Swapped name and number with 4082 Windsor Castle and hauled the funeral train at the state funeral of George VI in February 1952. 7014 Caerhays Castle — 7015 Carn Brea Castle — 7016 Chester Castle — 7017 G. J. Churchward — Only Castle class name with full stops 7018 Drysllwyn Castle — 7019 Fowey Castle — 7020 Gloucester Castle — 7021 Haverfordwest Castle — 7022 Hereford Castle — 7023 Penrice Castle — 7024 Powis Castle — 7025 Sudeley Castle — 7026 Tenby Castle — 7027 Thornbury Castle — Preserved 7028 Cadbury Castle — 7029 Clun Castle — Last Castle to be withdrawn. Preserved 7030 Cranbrook Castle — 7031 Cromwell's Castle — 7032 Denbigh Castle — 7033 Hartlebury Castle — 7034 Ince Castle — 7035 Ogmore Castle — 7036 Taunton Castle — 7037 Swindon —

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