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==Preservation== One example [[GWR 4000 Class 4003 Lode Star|No. 4003 ''Lode Star'']] has been preserved, after it was finally withdrawn in 1951, having covered 2,005,898 miles. The locomotive was preserved at [[Swindon railway works]] until 1962, then in the [[Museum of the Great Western Railway]] until transferred to the National Railway Museum in York in 1992, where it was a static non-working exhibit. In 2010 Lode Star was moved to Steam Museum in Swindon, as a static non-working exhibit. In November 2015, 4003 was moved back to the National Railway Museum. In August 2022 the Great Western Society's ''4709 group'' bought the [[GWR 4073 Class 7027 Thornbury Castle|GWR 4073 Class 7027 ''Thornbury Castle'']], with the intention of using the boiler to recreate a [[GWR 4700 Class]]. A few days after the purchase the ''4709 group'' stated that ''Thornbury Castle's'' chassis and other components, and the boiler from [[GWR 2800 Class]] No. 2861, were to be used to recreate a GWR Star class locomotive, and eventually rebuilding it back into ''Thornbury Castle''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perton |first=Paul |date=15 August 2022 |title=Breathing new life into Thornbury Castle β 4709 β The Ultimate British 2β8β0 |url=https://www.4709.org.uk/4709blog/breathing-new-life-into-thornbury-castle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815173554/https://www.4709.org.uk/4709blog/breathing-new-life-into-thornbury-castle |archive-date=15 August 2022 |access-date=15 August 2022 |website=4709 β The Ultimate British 2β8β0 |language=en-US}}</ref> However, in September 2022, those plans were cancelled.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holden |first=Michael |date=September 26, 2022 |title=Great Western Society to 'consider' offers for steam locomotive 7027 Thornbury Castle |url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/09/great-western-society-to-consider-offers-for-steam-locomotive-7027-thornbury-castle.html |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=RailAdvent |language=en-GB}}</ref> Decades earlier, there were plans to utilise the boiler from GWR 2800 Class No. 2873 into a replica Star Class at [[Tyseley Locomotive Works]], but those plans never came into fruition.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=1 February 2019 |title=Churchward '28XX' 2-8-0 No. 2873 |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/steam-railway-uk/20190201/282514364740225 |access-date=27 March 2025 |magazine=Steam Railway |via=www.pressreader.com}}</ref>
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