They were only created as a temporary fix to cover for a shortage of rolling stock and have out-lived their expected withdrawal date by at least two years, but now time is finally up for the popular GWR Castle 2+4 HSTs, which will make their last journeys between Exeter, Plymouth and Penzance on Saturday, 13 December 2025.
Keen to pay my respects, I took a rather lengthy trip to Cornwall on their final weekday of working (Friday, 12 December) with the aim of capturing a trio of these iconic units as they passed the equally iconic semaphore signals at St. Erth, before taking a last ever ride aboard 43004/186 (GW08) from there back to Plymouth.
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