R30559 Class 4073 'Castle' 4-6-0 BR Green Early Emblem 5071 'Spitfire' (90th Anniversary) Steam Locomotive Class_Class 29 In the 1990s

In the 1990s

1X 42-0066R March Station Ticket Office Red

the final examples being withdrawn during December 1962 and January 1963

GP40-2 LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:

R30559 Class 4073 'Castle' 4-6-0 BR Green Early Emblem 5071 'Spitfire' (90th Anniversary) Steam Locomotive Class_Class 29 In the 1990sThis locomotive entered service with the GWR at Newton Abbot in June 1938, initially named Clifford Castle, but this was changed to 'Spitfire' during the Second World War following the aeroplanes pivotal role in the Battle of Britain during 1940. It then spent most of its career shedded in the West Country, though after nationalisation, it had spells in the late 1950s at Gloucester and Worcester. The locomotive was fitted with a double chimney and