GWR 4073 Class 5080 Defiant
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GWR 4073 Class 5080 Defiant
Originally built as
Ogmore Castle
in May
1939
at
Swindon Works
, the engine was one of the many popular
GWR Castle Class
.After transfer to Cardiff (Canton), the engine was renamed
Defiant
in January
1941
, commemorating one of the many types of aircraft which had taken part in the
Battle of Britain
. The name Ogmore Castle later rotated through sister engines 5056, 7007 and 7035.After the arrival of
Britannia class
Pacifics
on the
Western Region of British Railways
, in
1959
it had moved to
Carmarthen
, staying there until its final move to
Llanelli
in May
1961
.
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