It’s high fives as GW Railwayana lives up to its name
WITH a selection of five GWR nameplates, supported by six GWR cabsides and five smokebox numberplates from named locomotives, GW Railwayana will be living up to its name at its March 16 auction, although both the LMS and Southern Railway get a slice of the action.
The five GWR nameplates and from Nos. 5066 and 5090, and from Nos. 4904 and 5936, and from BR-built No. 7821. The two Castle class locomotives were built at Swindon in July 1937 and April 1939 respectively, and were both withdrawn from Old Oak Common (81A) in 1962. No. 5066 was renamed in April 1956, in commemoration of a former GWR general manager who had died in January of that year.
