Sunday School Special for Charlton Kings St Mary's Church Sunday School and was actually the last steam-hauled train from here.

By June 1965 the end of Western Region steam operations was drawing close and Gloucester Horton Road's last remaining " Castle " namely 7029 "Clun Castle " was very much in demand for a large number of Steam Specials in addition to being rostered to local passenger and freight workings .
As a result , her condition gadually deteriorated and her final duties at the close of 1965 saw her relegated to station pilot duties at Gloucester over the Christmas period before she was officially withdrawn at the beginning of January 1966 although reports tell that she worked a Cheltenham passenger service back to Gloucester very early in January 1966.
What was undoubtably her "Swansong" , however , was on Saturday the 4th . September 1965 , the last day of the 1965 Summer Services when she headed the final Penzance returning holiday working from Bristol Temple Meads to Wolverhampton , the last of her class still in service