The Severn Valley Railway has announced that GWR Castle No. 4079 Pendennis Castle will be visiting for its upcoming Spring Steam Gala.
Taking place between the 14th and 16th April 2022, the Spring Steam Gala is set to feature a number of locos and an intensive service.
Pendennis Castle stole the headlines in 1989 when the locomotive operated alongside Flying Scotsman in Perth at the culmination of its Australia tour.
4079 appears at the Severn Valley Railway thanks to the Didcot Railway Centre and The Great Western Society.
“We are thrilled to be hosting a named engine with the prestige of ‘Pendennis Castle’,” said Duncan Ballard, the SVR’s head of steam engineering. “It will prove a magnificent figurehead for our GWR-themed Gala, celebrating 100 years since the grouping of the ‘Big Four’ companies. We have an extremely strong working relationship with the Great Western Society, and are honoured they’ve chosen the SVR for ‘Pendennis’s’ debut away from Didcot.”
Another yet-to-be announced guest will appear alongside 4930 Hagley Hall, 7812 Erlestoke Manor and 7714.
Tickets for the Spring Steam Gala go on sale this Friday, 27th January, at 10am
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