7016 1959 Bristol Temple Meads
Immaculate with ECS for her working. She has been coupled to a Hawksworth tender.
It looks as though 7016 " Chester Castle " is fresh from a spell at Swindon Works and may have been used by Bath Road Depot as a station pilot here at Bristol Temple Meads pending her return to her home shed .
A Landore based engine until September of 1959 when she went to Carmarthen 7016 was subsequently shedded at Llanelly for a short spell before returning to her earlier home at Cardiff Canton .
Following the closure of Canton 7016 moved across to Cardiff East Dock before being condemned from there in November of 1962 , a relatively early " Castle " casualty