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    Trojan returns as the oldest working GWR locomotive

    May 11, 2021 3 minutes
    By Robin Jones
    GWS
    GWS
    MORRELL
    ED FREEMAN

    A CEREMONY on May 1 saw the Great Western Society’s (GWS) diminutive Avonside 0-4-0ST No. 1340 Trojan officially relaunched into traffic at Didcot Railway Centre following the completion of a £200,000 overhaul.

    Local MP David Johnston OBE performed the ceremony before Bristol-built Trojan, works No. 1386 of 1897, began three days of May bank holiday running, making it the oldest operational GWR locomotive.

    Trojan was supplied new to Dunn & Shute of Newport Town Dock, and in 1903 was bought by the Alexandra

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