GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Queens Head Yard: gwrqhy2023

Ex-GWR Castle Class 4-6-0 No 5054 'Earl of Ducie' passes through Queens Head with a special express on 17th July 1964. Built by Swindon works in June 1936 as GWR No 5054 'Lamphrey Castle', its name was changed in September 1937 when it became 'Earl of Ducie' which it carried until October 1964 when it was withdrawn from Horton Road shed in Gloucester.

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