Pendennis Castle boiler back on frame in readiness for 2021 comeback
Dec 25, 2020
3 minutes
By Robin Jones
FRANK DUMBLETON
GWR iconic 4-6-0 No. 4079 Pendennis Castleis set to return to action at the Didcot Railway Centre next summer, after its boiler was reunited with its frames to mark the final stages of its long-running overhaul.
The boiler was lowered back into the frames at Didcot in mid-November following the successful first steaming of the boiler for the first time in 26 years on October 3, as highlighted on our cover last issue.
The locomotive, once owned by
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