Most websites about individual engines are either because they were famous or are today preserved.
5028 was “Unsung” and is long gone, but she was well liked by the Great Western footplate men who drove and fired her. She worked mainly in the Newton Abbot & Laira Areas.
The following pages trace her story from “Birth” in 1934 to her untimely “Death” in 1960.
Boiler 6637
Engine Name |
Loco No. |
From |
To |
Devizes Castle/Earl of St Germans |
5050 |
--/05/36 |
14/06/1940 |
Llantilio Castle |
5028 |
10/02/1941 |
14/03/1945 |
Shirburn Castle |
5030 |
04/07/1945 |
01/09/1947 |
Earl of Powis |
5056 |
11/09/1947 |
09/05/1949 |
Newport Castle |
5065 |
26/10/1949 |
18/12/1951 |
Stokesay Castle |
5040 |
25/01/1952 |
27/08/1953 |
Earl of Dudley |
5045 |
02/04/1954 |
30/12/1955 |
Warwick Castle |
4081 |
10/05/1956 |
28/03/1958 |
Hampden |
5074 |
23/04/1958 |
21/01/1960 |
Windsor Castle |
4082 |
09/02/1960 |
22/12/1961 |