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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 7025 on 04/08/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
04/08/1949 SUDELEY CASTLE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Castle
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 367
To Service Mon 04/08/1949 to Old Oak Common (PDN)
Withdrawal Mon 07/09/1964 off Worcester (85A)
Service Life 15 yrs, 1 mth , 3 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1964 at Cohens (Morriston)

Tenders
Type Number From Company Water Coal
Hawksworth 4,000g 4067 04/08/1949 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Hawksworth 4,000g 4061 30/03/1951 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Hawksworth 4,000g 4103 06/02/1953 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Hawksworth 4,000g 4124 29/10/1954 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Hawksworth 4,000g 4064 23/11/1956 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Hawksworth 4,000g 4067 11/04/1958 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Hawksworth 4,000g 4071 20/11/1958 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Hawksworth 4,000g 4109 27/12/1958 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2711 20/10/1959 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2731 27/02/1963 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2710 28/05/1963 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
PDN   Old Oak Common (New) on 04/08/1949
84G   Shrewsbury on 02/08/1960
85A   Worcester on 06/10/1962
     Withdrawn on 07/09/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 13/08/1960
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 06/10/1962
WDN   on 07/09/1964
WDN   3w/e 14/09/1964

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
30/03/1951 Diagram HC boiler fitted (number 7613)
06/02/1953 Diagram HC boiler fitted (number 7616)
29/10/1954 Diagram HC boiler fitted (number 7643)
23/11/1956 Diagram HC boiler fitted (number 7633)
16/06/1960 Diagram HC boiler fitted (number 7630)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Swindon Works 28/02/1951 30/03/1951 31 days Heavy Intermediate Boiler number 7613 (Diagram HC)
Tender number 4061 (Hawksworth 4,000g) attached.
 104114
Swindon Works 30/12/1952 06/02/1953 39 days Heavy Intermediate Boiler number 7616 (Diagram HC)
Tender number 4103 (Hawksworth 4,000g) attached.
 216013
Swindon Works 13/02/1953 02/03/1953 18 days Unclassified    
Swindon Works 28/09/1954 29/10/1954 32 days Heavy Intermediate Boiler number 7643 (Diagram HC)
Tender number 4124 (Hawksworth 4,000g) attached.
 312742
Swindon Works 08/06/1956 23/11/1956 169 days Heavy General Boiler number 7633 (Diagram HC)
Tender number 4064 (Hawksworth 4,000g) attached.
 395696
Swindon Works 01/03/1958 11/04/1958 42 days Heavy Intermediate Tender number 4067 (Hawksworth 4,000g) attached.
 477993
Swindon Works 27/08/1958 20/11/1958 86 days Light Casual Tender number 4071 (Hawksworth 4,000g) attached.
  
Swindon Works 12/04/1960 16/06/1960 66 days Heavy General Boiler number 7630 (Diagram HC)
 574111
Swindon Works 12/12/1962 27/02/1963 78 days Light Intermediate Tender number 2731 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
 651138

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1949 Swindon Works New Work August: Nos. 7025 Sudeley Castle PDN (2/8), 7026 Tenby Castle (15/8), 7027 Thornbury Castle LA (25/8); 1503 PDN (8/8), 1504 PDN (17/8), 1505 PDN (29/8). Nos. 7025-27 are painted dark green and lined, while Nos. 1503-05 are unlined black. Contractor built: Nos. 8400 TYS, 8401 CDF, 8402 (W.G.B. 2912/49) PILL (26/8), 8450 (Y.E. Co. 2443/49) NPT (17/8). Nos. 8400-02/50 are unlined black. Condemned: Nos. 289 (original T.V. R/T boiler and curved top tanks), 1884 (closed cab), 1930 (open cab), 2902, 3182 an 3419. No. 6320 has been re-converted to coal-burning. Locomotives entering Works during August included: Nos. 1000/04/25, 1427/37, 2117 (closed cab), 2211/12/14/21/67, 2462, 2815/52/75/87, 3016/20, 3174/86, 3635/77, 3715/99, 3805/14/43, 4013/15/33/47/80, 4107/48/49/55, 4269/78, 4502/10/59/65/82/92/95, 4637/50/79/97, 4906/51/81, 5001/18/30/42/57/76/80/94/99, 5206, 5344/45/80, 5501/05/22/37/54, 5749, 5804, 5904/12/21/27/44/45/47/66, 6000/04/19, 6105/07/43/61, 6338/77, 6408/31, 6741, 6808/19/28/29/44, 6905/65, 7219/36, 7310, 7414, 7718, 7815/16, 7904, 8789, 9638 an 90712. Further locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 1005/12, 4901/23/50, 5912/18 an 6920. September: A batch of new Class '2' 2-6-2T's and Class '4' 2-6-0's is to be built here. They will be similar to existing L.M.S. designs, but will have modified G.W.R. boilers. The frames have already been cut for five of the 2-6-0's. SLS/194910
06/01/1962 Oswestry Works Under repair-2236 (89C), 7025 (89A), 78000 (89C), 92247 and W & L 823. 9017 was stored with tender 1805 of May, 1911. SLS/196202
09/08/1963 Worcester Works 2251, 4607, 5954, 7025 an 9493. SLS/196309

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/08/1949 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 7025, name: SUDELEY CASTLE
Built at Swindon Works
Allocated to Old Oak Common (PDN)
Tender fitted: Hawksworth 4,000g
Diagram HC boiler fitted		    
28/02/1951 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 28/02/1951. Dep: 30/03/1951.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 7613 (Diagram HC)
Tender number 4061 (Hawksworth 4,000g) attached.
    
30/12/1952 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 30/12/1952. Dep: 06/02/1953.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 7616 (Diagram HC)
Tender number 4103 (Hawksworth 4,000g) attached.
    
13/02/1953 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 13/02/1953. Dep: 02/03/1953.    
28/09/1954 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 28/09/1954. Dep: 29/10/1954.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 7643 (Diagram HC)
Tender number 4124 (Hawksworth 4,000g) attached.
    
08/06/1956 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy General) - Arr: 08/06/1956. Dep: 23/11/1956.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 7633 (Diagram HC)
Tender number 4064 (Hawksworth 4,000g) attached.
    
01/03/1958 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 01/03/1958. Dep: 11/04/1958.
Work undertaken:
Tender number 4067 (Hawksworth 4,000g) attached.
    
27/08/1958 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 27/08/1958. Dep: 20/11/1958.
Work undertaken:
Tender number 4071 (Hawksworth 4,000g) attached.
    
27/12/1958 Tender Tender fitted: Hawksworth 4,000g number 4109    
20/10/1959 Tender Tender fitted: Collett 4,000g number 2711    
12/04/1960 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy General) - Arr: 12/04/1960. Dep: 16/06/1960.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 7630 (Diagram HC)
    
02/08/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
06/10/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
12/12/1962 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Light Intermediate) - Arr: 12/12/1962. Dep: 27/02/1963.
Work undertaken:
Tender number 2731 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
    
28/05/1963 Tender Tender fitted: Collett 4,000g number 2710    
07/09/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 7025 from Worcester (85A)    
11/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Morriston    

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