Image 5080, static display, Oxford Rewley Road LMS station, Quainton Road
5080, static display, Oxford Rewley Road LMS station, Quainton Road
5080, static display, Oxford Rewley Road LMS station, Quainton Road Built at Swindon in 1939 5080 carried the name 'Ogmore Castle' from new for just two years being renamed 'Defiant' after the WW2 aeroplane. Withdrawn in April 1963 it languished at Vic Berry's for eleven years. It was eventually purchased by the fledgling Birmingham Railway Museum Trust as a source of spares for 7029 'Clun Castle' in 1974. However, by 1985 plans changed and a restoration of the locomotive commenced. It returned to service in 1987 hauling charters and proving a draw when used on various heritage lines with its boiler certificate expiring in 1997. It was moved here to Quainton Road (The Buckinghamshire Railway Centre) in 2002 and some eleven years later here it is still looking very smart on permanent display undercover. The building that houses the Castle is the former Oxford Rewley Road station that was located adjacent to the present station in what is now the station car park. Keywords: 5080 static display Oxford Rewley Road LMS station Quainton Road Castle 4-6-2 Defiant Ogmore Castle
5080, static display, Oxford Rewley Road LMS station, Quainton Road Built at Swindon in 1939 5080 carried the name 'Ogmore Castle' from new for just two years being renamed 'Defiant' after the WW2 aeroplane. Withdrawn in April 1963 it languished at Vic Berry's for eleven years. It was eventually purchased by the fledgling Birmingham Railway Museum Trust as a source of spares for 7029 'Clun Castle' in 1974. However, by 1985 plans changed and a restoration of the locomotive commenced. It returned to service in 1987 hauling charters and proving a draw when used on various heritage lines with its boiler certificate expiring in 1997. It was moved here to Quainton Road (The Buckinghamshire Railway Centre) in 2002 and some eleven years later here it is still looking very smart on permanent display undercover. The building that houses the Castle is the former Oxford Rewley Road station that was located adjacent to the present station in what is now the station car park. Keywords: 5080 static display Oxford Rewley Road LMS station Quainton Road Castle 4-6-2 Defiant Ogmore Castle


Built at Swindon in 1939 5080 carried the name 'Ogmore

Castle' from new for just two years being renamed 'Defiant' after the WW2 aeroplane. Withdrawn in April 1963 it languished at Vic Berry's for eleven years. It was eventually purchased by the fledgling Birmingham Railway Museum Trust as a source of spares for 7029 'Clun Castle' in 1974. However, by 1985 plans changed and a restoration of the locomotive commenced. It returned to service in 1987 hauling charters and proving a draw when used on various heritage lines with its boiler certificate expiring in 1997. It was moved here to Quainton Road (The Buckinghamshire Railway Centre) in 2002 and some eleven years later here it is still looking very smart on permanent display undercover. The building that houses the Castle is the former Oxford Rewley Road station that was located adjacent to the present station in what is now the station car park.