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GWR 4073 Class 7028 Cadbury Castle : ウィキペディア英語版 | GWR 4073 Class 7028 Cadbury Castle
Number 7028 ''Cadbury Castle'' was a Great Western Railway 4073 ''Castle'' class 4-6-0 steam locomotive built at the former GWR Swindon Works on 19 May 1950. The Castle Class locomotives were built as express passenger locomotives on the GWR. The Castle Class locomotives were to replace the earlier 4000 ''Star'' class locomotives. They were designed by the railway's Chief Mechanical Engineer, Charles Collett. ''Cadbury Castle'' cost £10,546 and an extra £1,094 for her Hawksworth tender. == 7028's working life == ''Cadbury Castle'' was based at Landore, Swansea for 11 years. She worked normal passenger express trains around GWR's network. On 31 October 1961 she was moved to Llanelli and fitted with a double chimney and a 4 row superheater. She worked at Llanelli for a further two years before being withdrawn on 28 December 1963. By this time in her 13 years of service her mileage was . On 19 March 1964, she was scrapped by Balborough Metals Ltd, Briton Ferry, Swansea. It is worth noting that although ''Cadbury Castle'' was of GWR design, she only served with BR, as she was built 2 years after the railways were nationalised.
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