THE centenary of the GWR‘Castle’Class is to be commemorated at Tyseley Locomotive Works (TLW) on June 17/18, when Didcot’s No. 4079 Pendennis Castle will join residents No. 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, No. 7029 Clun Castle and No. 5080 Defiant – the latter on static display.
Nos. 4079 and 7029 were last together in steam at Tyseley in March 1967 – while No. 4079 was last at Tyseley prior to the ‘Great Western Envoy’ special train to Didcot on May 29, 1977, immediately prior to its export to Australia.