Castle Class (Steam locomotives)

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Name (Latin)
Castle Class (Steam locomotives)
Other forms of name
4073 Class (Steam locomotives)
GWR 4073 Class (Steam locomotives)
GWR Castle Class (Steam locomotives)
See Also From tracing topical name
Steam locomotives
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q5514956
Library of congress: sh2010015360
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Riley, R.C. The power of the Castles, 2003:p. 9 (the first of the 'Castle' class to emerge in August 1923 was No.4073 Caerphilly Castle)
  • Wikipedia, Dec. 16, 2010:under GWR 4073 Class (the GWR 4073 Class or Castle class locomotives were a group of 4-6-0 steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway, designed by the railway's Chief Mechanical Engineer, Charles Collett; 171 Castles were built, from 1923 to 1950; they were numbered 4073-4099, 5000-5099, 7000-7037)
  • RailUK website, Dec. 16, 2010:Steam loco class information (Great Western Railway, Class 4073, 4-6-0 Castle, Collett)
  • Great Western Archive website, Dec. 16, 2010(4073 -Castle-class)