The Castle Class was designed by Charles Collett, the successor to
legendary GWR engineer George Jackson Churchward. In truth, Castle Class
is nothing more than a nickname owing to most examples o...
The Castle Class was designed by Charles Collett, the successor to
legendary GWR engineer George Jackson Churchward. In truth, Castle Class
is nothing more than a nickname owing to most examples o...
When the London Midland Scottish Railway came up with its initial
standard designs in 1947, it was considered that there was no call for a
mixed traffic Class 4, 4-6-0 locomotive. The duties for w...
By 1926, faced with a stock book of outdated and unsuitable mainline
locomotive traction, the London Midland Scottish Railway had an urgent
need for provision of an improved and more powerful type...
4003 'Lode Star' entered service with the Great Western Railway in
February 1907 and received the first of its modifications, the
superheated boiler, in May 1911. The second major alteration took ...