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===Abbey series=== [[File:Basingstoke, with GW 'Star' 4-6-0 geograph-2896730-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|4061 ''Glastonbury Abbey'']] A final batch of twelve further locomotives appeared in 1922-1923 (Swindon Lot 217). These were numbered 4061β4072 and were named after famous Abbeys in the GWR territory. They were built with improved crank axles.<ref name=RCTS3 /> In 1937 Nos. 4063β4072 were all rebuilt as Castle Class locomotives, being renumbered 5083β5092 but retaining their original names. The remaining two locomotives were withdrawn by British Railways in 1956 and 1957.
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