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    Sep 15, 2023 3 minutes

    ‘Caerphilly's last move

    While compiling our feature marking the 100th anniversary of the GWR ‘Castles’ (see page 36), we discovered these fabulous R.C. Riley images of Caerphilly Castle on the Rail Online website (www.rail-online.co.uk).

    We ran out of space to include them in the feature but wanted to share them with you.

    The first shows No. 4073 negotiating the difficult turn out of All Saints Road onto Westbourne Park Road W11 on June 4 1961 as it made its way

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