Castle Class

I thought the Castles were a bit special - a neat and pleasing design. I was always on the lookout round the sheds for that elegantly curved steam pipe that marked them out from the Halls etc. It was possible to see a few examples in a single day in Chester, even if we were moving on to Crewe for most of the time. John Dyer captured No. 5095 Barbury Castle at Chester in 1961, though my example, No. 4079 Pendennis Castle, was right at the end of things on a special train in 1967.