Pendennis Castle

["Donald R Smith" <drsmith@iinet.net.au>]

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>      The Pendennis Castle heads back to England
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>
>      The unique British steam locomotive Pendennis Castle is set to return
>      to England later this year after 22 years in the Pilbara.
>
>      Hamersley Iron has decided to donate the locomotive to the Great
>      Western Society, operator of the Didcot Railway Centre in
Oxfordshire,
>      South East England.
>
>      Hamersley bought the Pendennis Castle in 1977, for use on excursion
>      trains on the Hamersley railway.  Its first journey was made in
>      November 1978, when it carried schoolchildren from 7-mile to the
>      Dugite railway siding.
>
>      In the care of the Pilbara Railways Historical Society (formed by
>      Hamersley employees), the locomotive powered many runs from Dampier
to
>      Tom Price, Paraburdoo and Camp Curlewis.
>
>      The locomotive last steamed in October 1994. It is now incompatible
>      with Hamersley


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     In returning to England, the Pendennis Castle will be re-united with
     its old arch rival The Flying Scotsman at Didcot Railway Centre?s
     millennium celebrations, ?Steam 2000?, in May this year.

     Manager Rail Alan Watling said it was pleasing to know that the
     Pendennis would return to its natural home for restoration so that it
     could operate once more.



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Donald R Smith
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