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20K views · 720 reactions | No.4079 GWR ‘Pendennis Castle’ at The Steam Gala The Castle Class 4-6-0 is one of the most celebrated locomotive types of the former Great Western Railway. 4079 was the seventh of 171 Castles built and was completed at Swindon in February 1924. Come take a journey & celebrate the locos centenary!  www.kwvr.co.uk/steamgala/ #kwvr // kwvr.co.uk | The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway | Facebook

Gloucester Horton Road (85B) — A Lost Giant of GWR Steam 🚂 Just beyond Gloucester Eastgate once stood the mighty Horton Road depot — 85B, one of the Great Western Railway’s busiest steam centres. With its vast 10-road shed, sidings, turntable and coaling stages, it was home to over 100 locomotives at its peak. From hardworking pannier tanks and 1400 auto-train engines to proud Castles and Halls, 85B saw a huge variety of GWR power. Even in the early ’60s, as steam declined, the depot still hous