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.


History of 5028 boilers

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

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