Below is a list of all 171 GWR Castle Class engines, built between August 1923 and August 1950.
Five of these were converted to burn oil for a short period in the 1940s. Unlike most other locomotives so converted, they were not renumbered.[1]
Scrapped | style=background-color:#DDDDFF | Preserved |
Numbers | First Name | Second Name | Built | Withdrawn | Notes | |
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111 | Viscount Churchill | — | Rebuilt from 111 The Great Bear | |||
4000 | North Star | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4000 | |||
4009 / | Shooting Star | Lloyds | Rebuilt from Star Class 4009. Renumbered and renamed January 1936. Temporarily fitted with oil firing January 1947–September 1948.[2] First to be withdrawn. | |||
4016 | Knight of the Golden Fleece | The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) | Rebuilt from Star Class 4016. Renamed January 1938. Nameplate & crest on display at Somerset County Museum, Taunton | |||
4032 | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4032 | ||||
4037 | The South Wales Borderers | Rebuilt from Star Class 4037. Renamed March 1937 | ||||
Caerphilly Castle | — | Preserved at Swindon Steam Railway Museum | ||||
4074 | Caldicot Castle | — | ||||
4075 | Cardiff Castle | — | ||||
4076 | Carmarthen Castle | — | ||||
4077 | Chepstow Castle | — | ||||
4078 | Pembroke Castle | — | ||||
Pendennis Castle | — | Preserved at Didcot Railway Centre | ||||
4080 | Powderham Castle | — | ||||
4081 | Warwick Castle | — | ||||
4082 | Windsor Castle | 7013 Bristol Castle | Hauled the funeral train at the state funeral of George V, 1936.[3] Swapped name and number with 7013 Bristol Castle in February 1952 | |||
4083 | Abbotsbury Castle | — | ||||
4084 | Aberystwyth Castle | — | ||||
4085 | Berkeley Castle | — | Struck and killed GWR Chief Mechanical Engineer George Churchward on 19th December, 1933 | |||
4086 | Builth Castle | — | ||||
4087 | Cardigan Castle | — | ||||
4088 | Dartmouth Castle | — | ||||
4089 | Donnington Castle | — | ||||
4090 | Dorchester Castle | — | ||||
4091 | Dudley Castle | — | First ‘new-built’ Castle to be withdrawn | |||
4092 | Dunraven Castle | — | ||||
4093 | Dunster Castle | — | ||||
4094 | Dynevor Castle | — | ||||
4095 | Harlech Castle | — | ||||
4096 | Highclere Castle | — | ||||
4097 | Kenilworth Castle | — | ||||
4098 | Kidwelly Castle | — | ||||
4099 | Kilgerran Castle | — | Real castle's name spelled Cilgerran Castle | |||
5000 | Launceston Castle | — | ||||
5001 | Llandovery Castle | — | ||||
5002 | Ludlow Castle | — | ||||
5003 | Lulworth Castle | — | ||||
5004 | Llanstephan Castle | — | Used in the 1936 movie "The Last Journey" Also appears in 1949 Ealing Studios movie 'Run for your Money' | |||
5005 | Manorbier Castle | — | This is the only Castle Class to carry streamlining but this was experimental' | |||
5006 | Tregenna Castle | — | ||||
5007 | Rougemont Castle | — | ||||
5008 | Raglan Castle | — | ||||
5009 | Shrewsbury Castle | — | ||||
5010 | Restormel Castle | — | ||||
5011 | Tintagel Castle | — | ||||
5012 | Berry Pomeroy Castle | — | ||||
5013 | Abergavenny Castle | — | ||||
5014 | Goodrich Castle | — | ||||
5015 | Kingswear Castle | — | ||||
5016 | Montgomery Castle | — | ||||
5017 | St. Donat's Castle | The Gloucestershire Regiment 28th 61st | Renamed April 1954 | |||
5018 | St Mawes Castle | — | ||||
5019 | Treago Castle | — | ||||
5020 | Trematon Castle | — | ||||
5021 | Whittington Castle | — | ||||
5022 | Wigmore Castle | — | ||||
5023 | Brecon Castle | — | ||||
5024 | Carew Castle | — | ||||
5025 | Chirk Castle | — | ||||
5026 | Criccieth Castle | — | ||||
5027 | Farleigh Castle | — | ||||
5028 | Llantilio Castle | — | ||||
Nunney Castle | — | Preserved - Operated on the main line by Icons of Steam[4] | ||||
5030 | Shirburn Castle | — | ||||
5031 | Totnes Castle | — | ||||
5032 | Usk Castle | — | ||||
5033 | Broughton Castle | — | ||||
5034 | Corfe Castle | — | ||||
5035 | Coity Castle | — | ||||
5036 | Lyonshall Castle | — | ||||
5037 | Monmouth Castle | — | ||||
5038 | Morlais Castle | — | ||||
5039 | Rhuddlan Castle | — | Temporarily fitted with oil firing December 1946–September 1948. | |||
5040 | Stokesay Castle | — | ||||
5041 | Tiverton Castle | — | ||||
5042 | Winchester Castle | — | ||||
Barbury Castle | Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | Renamed September 1937. Preserved | ||||
5044 | Beverston Castle | Earl of Dunraven | Renamed September 1937 | |||
5045 | Bridgwater Castle | Earl of Dudley | Renamed September 1937 | |||
5046 | Clifford Castle | Earl Cawdor | Renamed August 1937 | |||
5047 | Compton Castle | Earl of Dartmouth | Renamed August 1937 | |||
5048 | Cranbrook Castle | Earl of Devon | Renamed August 1937 | |||
5049 | Denbigh Castle | Earl of Plymouth | Renamed August 1937 | |||
5050 | Devizes Castle | Earl of St Germans | Renamed August 1937 | |||
Drysllwyn Castle | Earl Bathurst | Renamed August 1937. Preserved at Didcot Railway Centre. Carries either name, alternately. | ||||
5052 | Eastnor Castle | Earl of Radnor | Renamed July 1937 | |||
5053 | Bishop's Castle | Earl Cairns | Renamed August 1937 | |||
5054 | Lamphey Castle | Earl of Ducie | Renamed September 1937 | |||
5055 | Lydford Castle | Earl of Eldon | Renamed August 1937 | |||
5056 | Ogmore Castle | Earl of Powis | Renamed September 1937 | |||
5057 | Penrice Castle | Earl Waldegrave | Renamed October 1937 | |||
5058 | Newport Castle | Earl of Clancarty | Renamed September 1937 | |||
5059 | Powis Castle | Earl St Aldwyn | Renamed October 1937 | |||
5060 | Sarum Castle | Earl of Berkeley | Renamed October 1937 | |||
5061 | Sudeley Castle | Earl of Birkenhead | Renamed October 1937 | |||
5062 | Tenby Castle | Earl of Shaftesbury | Renamed November 1937 | |||
5063 | Thornbury Castle | Earl Baldwin | Renamed July 1937 | |||
5064 | Tretower Castle | Bishop's Castle | Renamed September 1937 | |||
5065 | Upton Castle | Newport Castle | Renamed September 1937 | |||
5066 | Wardour Castle | Sir Felix Pole | Renamed April 1956 | |||
5067 | St Fagans Castle | — | ||||
5068 | Beverston Castle | — | ||||
5069 | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | — | ||||
5070 | Sir Daniel Gooch | — | ||||
5071 | Clifford Castle | Spitfire | Renamed September 1940 | |||
5072 | Compton Castle | Hurricane | Renamed November 1940 | |||
5073 | Cranbrook Castle | Blenheim | Renamed January 1941 | |||
5074 | Denbigh Castle | Hampden | Renamed January 1941 | |||
5075 | Devizes Castle | Wellington | Renamed October 1940 | |||
5076 | Drysllwyn Castle | Gladiator | Renamed January 1941 | |||
5077 | Eastnor Castle | Fairey Battle | Renamed October 1940 | |||
5078 | Lamphey Castle | Beaufort | Renamed January 1941 | |||
5079 | Lydford Castle | Lysander | Renamed November 1940. Temporarily fitted with oil firing January 1947–October 1948. | |||
Ogmore Castle | Defiant | Renamed January 1941. Preserved | ||||
5081 | Penrice Castle | Lockheed Hudson | Renamed January 1941 | |||
5082 | Powis Castle | Swordfish | Renamed January 1941 | |||
5083 | Bath Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4063. Temporarily fitted with oil firing December 1946–November 1948. | |||
5084 | Reading Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4064 | |||
5085 | Evesham Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4065 | |||
5086 | Viscount Horne | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4066 | |||
5087 | Tintern Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4067 | |||
5088 | Llanthony Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4068 | |||
5089 | Westminster Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4069 | |||
5090 | Neath Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4070 | |||
5091 | Cleeve Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4071. Temporarily fitted with oil firing October 1946–November 1948. | |||
5092 | Tresco Abbey | — | Rebuilt from Star Class 4072 | |||
5093 | Upton Castle | — | ||||
5094 | Tretower Castle | — | ||||
5095 | Barbury Castle | — | ||||
5096 | Bridgwater Castle | — | ||||
5097 | Sarum Castle | — | ||||
5098 | Clifford Castle | — | ||||
5099 | Compton Castle | — | ||||
7000 | Viscount Portal | — | ||||
7001 | Denbigh Castle | Sir James Milne | Renamed February 1948 | |||
7002 | Devizes Castle | — | ||||
7003 | Elmley Castle | — | ||||
7004 | Eastnor Castle | — | ||||
7005 | Lamphey Castle | Sir Edward Elgar | Renamed August 1957 | |||
7006 | Lydford Castle | — | ||||
7007 | Ogmore Castle | Great Western | Renamed January 1948 | |||
7008 | Swansea Castle | — | ||||
7009 | Athelney Castle | — | ||||
7010 | Avondale Castle | — | ||||
7011 | Banbury Castle | — | ||||
7012 | Barry Castle | — | ||||
7013 | Bristol Castle | 4082 Windsor Castle | Swapped name and number with 4082 Windsor Castle and hauled the funeral train at the state funeral of George VI in February 1952.[5] | |||
7014 | Caerhays Castle | — | ||||
7015 | Carn Brea Castle | — | ||||
7016 | Chester Castle | — | ||||
7017 | G. J. Churchward | — | Only Castle class name with full stops | |||
7018 | Drysllwyn Castle | — | ||||
7019 | Fowey Castle | — | ||||
7020 | Gloucester Castle | — | ||||
7021 | Haverfordwest Castle | — | ||||
7022 | Hereford Castle | — | ||||
7023 | Penrice Castle | — | ||||
7024 | Powis Castle | — | ||||
7025 | Sudeley Castle | — | ||||
7026 | Tenby Castle | — | ||||
Thornbury Castle | — | Preserved | ||||
Cadbury Castle | — | |||||
Clun Castle | — | Last Castle to be withdrawn. Preserved | ||||
7030 | Cranbrook Castle | — | ||||
7031 | Cromwell's Castle | — | ||||
7032 | Denbigh Castle | — | ||||
7033 | Hartlebury Castle | — | ||||
7034 | Ince Castle | — | ||||
7035 | Ogmore Castle | — | ||||
7036 | Taunton Castle | — | ||||
7037 | Swindon | — | ||||