Re: Pendennis Castle

[Simon Greenaway <s.greenaway@har.mrc.ac.uk>]

Tony Polson wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 09:36:00 GMT, lbrown2@bigpond.com (Brown Family)
> wrote:
> 
> > Now that Pendennis Castle should have been in the U.K. for a month by
> > now. Can someone please tell us where it is, the condition it's in
> > and when can we expect to see this magnificent loco back in service
> > hauling a load of Mk I's?
> 
> It's at Didcot Railway Centre in Oxfordshire, adjacent to the Great
> Western main line from London Paddington to Swindon and Bristol.  I've
> seen photos in rail magazines that showed it in apparently good cosmetic
> condition but with a covering of (brown?) dust from the mining area it
> came from.
> 
> Didcot Railway Centre is owned by the Great Western Society.
> 
> I have no idea about the timing of Pendennis Castle's restoration,
> sorry.
> 
> --
> Tony Polson, North Yorkshire, UK


I heard 2003 as it will be 80 1then!


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