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A SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE "7024". As carried by...

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A SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE 7024 . As carried by...
A SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE "7024". As carried by the ex GWR '4073 Castle' class 4-6-0 "POWIS CASTLE" built at Swindon in June 1949 under Lot 367 at a cost of £9,699 plus £1,094 for the 4000 gallons Hawksworth flat-sided tender. She was an Old Oak Common engine until 1960 (during which time she received a double chimney in March 1959), moving to Stafford Road, and finally Oxley in 1963 from where she was withdrawn in February 1965 after running 731,344 miles in service. She was cut up by John Cashmore Ltd, Great Bridge, Tipton, Staffs. The plate is face-repainted only. The castle is on the outskirts of Welshpool, and is the former seat of the Earl and Countess of Powis. This locomotive hauled the last steam "Bristolian" on 12th June 1959. The plate is accompanied by a fine photograph of the locomotive taken at Old Oak Common on 10th May 1961.
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