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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line
Tyseley Station: gwrt2317
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surviving member of the class, it was withdrawn from 85B Horton Road shed in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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