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4-6-0 Steam Locomotive St Donat's Castle
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4-6-0 Steam Locomotive St Donat's Castle

Information found on this 4-6-0 Castle Class Great Western steam locomotive:
If this photo was taken before 1954 then this is the Gloucester Regiment. Originally built as St. Donat's Castle, July 1932 in Swindon, it was renamed in April 1954.
It was withdrawn September 1962 and scrapped later at Newport.
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Picture added on 15 February 2008
This picture is in the following groups
1950s Album Holiday and Trains
Comments:
85b is the shed code - indicating where the locomotive was 'stabled'. In this case 85b represents gloucester horton road
Added by Martin Bodman on 16 January 2010
the name of this loco is; The Gloucestershire Regiment 28th, 61st you can just make out the crest below the name plate, alun
Added by Alun Stone on 24 March 2010
To clear up any doubt the image was therefore taken after 1954. The engine was still named The Gloucestershire Regiment 28th, 61st, in 1960. The position of the two lamps above the bufferbeam indicate that this is a parcels train or less likely, a milk, fish or fruit train running with XP rolling stock
Added by Martin Bodman on 25 March 2010
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