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    Big Four and BR to vie for top GWRA slot

    Jun 07, 2022 4 minutes
    BY GEOFF COURTNEY

    A SELECTION of 13 Big Four and BR nameplates from steam locomotives built between 1925 and 1953 will be the highlights of GW Railwayana’s July 9 auction, with the biggest contingent being seven from the GWR.

    These comprise Tretower Castle, Barry Castle and Hereford Castle from Nos. 5094, 7012 and 7022, Oakley Grange and Peterston Grange from Nos. 6823 and 6867, and Haydon Hall and Edstone Hall from Nos. 5932 and 7921.

    The three Castles were built respectively in June 1939 and by BR in June 1948 and June 1949, the two Granges in January 1937 and March 1939, and the Hall pair in June 1933 and by BR in September 1950, and all were

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