GWR 4073 Class 5080 Defiant is a GWR 4073 Class steam locomotive built for the Great Western Railway at Swindon Works in May 1939. It was originally named Ogmore Castle.

5080 was completed at Swindon in 1939 and originally named Ogmore Castle. In 1941 it was renamed Defiant after a Second World War aeroplane. It was first allocated to Old Oak …

Below is a list of all 171 GWR Castle Class engines, built between August 1923 and August 1950. Five of these were converted to burn oil for a short period in the 1940s. Unlike most other …

Two engines, 5029 and 5080, are in the process of undergoing overhauls. 5080 is due to have its boiler assessed in 2024 to ascertain the cost of its overhaul; to speed up the engine's return to …

5080 Defiant: May 1939---April 1963---Built as Ogmore Castle. Renamed January 1941. Acquired by Woodham's October 1963. Sold to Birmingham Railway Museum and left as the 62nd …

August 1950 and March 1959 shed allocations Swansea Landore. Moved to Neath shed in April 1961 before its final move to Llanelly in February 1963. Withdrawn May 1963 after completing …

A plan to help accelerate the overhaul on ex GWR Castle Class 4-6-0 No. 5080 "Defiant", is being developed by Tyseley Locomotive Works to have her operate on preserved railways around …

2025年3月11日 · Overview of the loco tracks at the CNW Madison, IL yard in the summer of 1985. From left to right: CNW GP50 5080, GP7 4127, SD40 880, and SD40-2 6840. Photo Date:

2018年11月2日 · Production begun at the Great Western Railway's Swindon works in 1923, as the most powerful locomotive in Britain, and continued under British Railways until 1950. No. …

2024年1月8日 · Of the six working locos (*currently operational), Nos. 5043*, 5080 and 7029* are at Tyseley, Nos. 4079* and 5051 at Didcot, and No. 5029 at LSL in Crewe.