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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

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British Railways built 4-6-0 No 7029 'Clun Castle', now preserved, is seen arriving on the last day of Western Region steam with a Snow Hill to Birkenhead special on 5th March 1967

British Railways built 4-6-0 No 7029 'Clun Castle', now preserved, is seen arriving on the last day of Western Region steam with a Snow Hill to Birkenhead special on 5th March 1967. Built by Swindon works in May 1950, No 7029 was to remain in service until December 1965 when, as the last surviving member of the class, it was withdrawn from 85B Horton Road shed in Gloucester. The locomotive is the engine that started off the preservation era at Tyseley in 1968. It was saved for eventual preservation on the Dart Valley Railway, but after the withdrawal of all steam on the Western Region was kept at Tyseley for use on enthusiast specials. It 'stayed on' after all other steam activities had ceased and became the flagship locomotive for the Tyseley Collection giving its name to the collection's owning company '7029 Clun Castle Ltd'.

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