7029 Clun Castle was built to the Great Western Railway Castle Class design by the Western Region of British Railways at Swindon Works in May 1950 and was named after Clun Castle. Its first shed allocation was Newton Abbot. It had a double chimney and a 4 row superheater fitted in October 1959. Its most famous moment came on 9th May 1964 on the Plymouth to Bristol leg of a special train to mark the record set sixty years earlier by "City of Truro" when it was timed at 96 mph on the descent of Wellington Bank in Somerset. Its last shed allocation was Gloucester in May 1965. It hauled the last official steam train out of Paddington (to Banbury) on the 11th of June 1965. It was officially withdrawn (and believed to be the last Castle) in December 1965. It was bought by Mr Patrick Whitehouse in 1966 before being passed to 7029 Clun Castle Ltd. In preservation it has always been based at Tyseley shed, now Birmingham Railway Museum. The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... 5034 Corfe Castle fresh from Swindon Works, 1954. ... British Railways Western Region totem station sign for Chippenham. ... BR standard class 2 tanks 82039 and 82038 under construction in Swindon, 1954. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Clun Castle, is a now ruined castle in the small town of Clun, Shropshire. ... GWR 3700 City Class 4-4-0, no. ... Miles per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of international miles covered per hour. ... Paddington Station, March 2005 during rush hour Paddington station or London Paddington station is a major National Rail and London Underground station complex in the Paddington area of London. ... The Birmingham Railway Museum Trust operates two subsidiaries: Tyseley Locomotive Works and Vintage Trains. ...

In 1967, carrying (non-authentic) Great Western livery it hauled trains to mark closure of the G.W.R. route to Birkenhead, from King's Cross to Newcastle, and over the Settle-Carlisle Railway. In 1972 it joined in the "Return to Steam" tours. After a major overhaul, it emerged in British Railways livery in 1985. In 1986 it hauled the last train from the old Birmingham Moor Street station. Kings Cross station (often spelt Kings Cross on platform signs) is a railway station in the district of the same name in northeast central London. ... The Settle–Carlisle Railway (S&C) is a 72 mile (115 km) long main railway line in northern England. ... Birmingham Moor Street railway station is one of three main railway stations in the city centre of Birmingham, England. ...

Bibliography

• Cadge, Richard (general ed.) (1985). Portrait of a record-breaker: the story of GWR No. 7029 "Clun Castle". Birmingham Railway Museum.

External links

• http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_cas_castle7.htm
• http://www.vintagetrains.co.uk/tlw_7029.htm