Locos in Profile | GWR Castle Class No. 4079 Pendennis Castle (C. B Collett) Steam Locomotive Print

GWR Castle Class 4079 Pendennis Castle (C B Collett) Steam Locomotive Print

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GWR 4-6-0 Castle Class

Limited Edition Print: £22.50

Edition Run: 100
All Signed and Numbered

Scale: 5 mm/ft

Paper Size: 406 mm x 203 mm
Fits a standard 16in x 8in frame

No. 4079 Pendennis Castle – 1925

The Castle Class, designed by C.B. Collett, were a development of G.J Churchward’s Star Class. The first appeared in 1923 and was proclaimed as Britain’s most powerful passenger locomotive.

In 1925 Pendennis Castle, was chosen to take part in trials on the LNER against their larger pacifics. These were carried out from the 20th April to the 2nd May with Pendennis Castle performing well with its sure-footedness and swift starts, as well as showing the importance of adequately proportioned long-travel valves.

On withdrawal No.4079 was preserved. Pendennis Castle is portrayed in the condition it ran on the LNER in 1925.

Built: Swindon, February 1924

Lot Number: 224

Total Millage: 1,758,398

Withdrawn: May 1964