4079_Avonmouth_Docks_30_5_1977.jpg (116986 bytes)

4079_Avonmouth_Docks_30.5.1977. UK heritage steam in the 1960s and 1970s. GWR Castle Class No.4079 Pendennis Castle arrives in Avonmouth Docks on 30th July 1977, to be loaded aboard MV Mishref for delivery to the locomotive's new owners, Hammersley Iron, of Australia. As is well known, after 23 years in Australia, No.4079 returned to Britain and is now in the care of the Great Western Society at Didcot. Port of Bristol Authority 0-6-0DM No.PBA 40 ( Sentinel 1965) is assisting the 4-6-0 along the sharply curving dockside lines. PBA 40 did not survive roger.griffiths@hotmail.com Binary file 4079_Avonmouth_Docks_30_5_1977.txt matches

4079_Bromsgrove_30_5_1977.jpg (143495 bytes)

4079_Bromsgrove_30.5.1977. UK heritage steam in the 1960s and 1970s. GWR Castle No.4079 has just descended the 2 miles (3.2 km), average gradient of 1 in 37.7 (2.65%) of the Lickey Incline, and races through Bromsgrove station, on its way to Avonmouth Docks; 30th July 1977. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

GWR_4079_Didcot.jpg (150285 bytes)

Great Western Railway - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. Express passenger locomotive 4079 "Pendennis Castle" was built in 1924 as part of the famous 4073 Castle class of which 166 were built. It was withdrawn by BR in 1964 and later exported to Australia. In 2000 it returned to the UK and since 2022 the locomotive is operational again, suited for main line use. Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

UK_Hanwell_4079_10_1965.jpg (46147 bytes)

UK ex-GWR "Castle" Class 4-6-0 4079 Pendennis Castle passes Hanwell with a return working to London, Paddington, October 1965 Photo and scan Roger Griffiths jrcs@blueyonder.co.uk

UK_Henbury_4079_30_5_1977.jpg (105534 bytes)

Henbury, north of Bristol, on her way to Avonmouth Docks and a ship to Australia. After more than 23 years on the Hammersley Iron Company's railway, this historic locomotive quite rightly, returned to Britain on 8 July 2000. 30 May 1977. Photo and scan Roger Griffiths jrcs@blueyonder.co.uk Binary file UK_Henbury_4079_30_5_1977.txt matches