7027 Thornbury Castle was built in August 1949. Its first shed allocation was Plymouth Laira. Its March 1959 shed allocation was Old Oak Common. Its last shed allocation was Reading. It was withdrawn in December 1963 and arrived at Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales in May 1964. It was sold to the then Birmingham Railway Museum and left as the 23rd departure from Barry in August 1972. After being purchased by Pete Waterman

Pete Waterman

Peter Alan Waterman OBE is an English record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. As a member of the Stock Aitken Waterman songwriting team he wrote and produced many hit singles...

, she is in store at the Crewe Heritage Centre.

One set of name and number plates for the 7027 are mounted on a wall of the main hall of The Castle School

The Castle School

The Castle School is a mixed-sex secondary school for students aged 11–18 in Thornbury South Gloucestershire, England, which serves the town and the surrounding villages. Pupils from Bristol also attend the school...

 in Thornbury, South Gloucestershire

Thornbury, South Gloucestershire

Thornbury is a market town in South Gloucestershire, England, approximately 12 miles north of the city of Bristol, with a population of 12,342 at the 2001 UK census. The town hosts South Gloucestershire Council headquarters and is twinned with Bockenem in Germany. Thornbury is a Britain in Bloom...

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