GWR 4079 Pendennis Castle's 100th Birthday!! 3rd March 2024

This past weekend marked a special occasion for one of Great Western's most beloved locomotives. 4079 Pendennis Castle from the 4073 Castle Class celebrated it's 100th birthday, having been one of the earliest members of the class first built back in February 1924, having a working life of 40 years before being withdrawn in May 1964. After being preserved and working several mainline runs in the 1970s, it was then sold to the Hamersley Iron Railway in Western Australia where it was shipped off to in 1977 and worked for until 1994, where it was placed in storage until it was repatriated back to its home in the UK in 2000. A long and lengthy restoration of over 20 years took place for the locomotive, before it was finally full overhauled and returned to steam in 2022.
The day started off with fellow Didcot resident 2999 Lady of Legend hauling trains back and forth on the main demo line, while 4079 was busy getting ready to take over later, being showcased with a full spin on the Didcot turntable, and then having a special moment of being sung happy birthday too, with a specially made cake of the locomotive cut up, which I had a piece of and loved it! Pendennis eventually took over the main demo duties of Lady of Legend, where it sure put on a lovely display on it's big day! Enjoy!

[@CEO100able]

That is so amazing! Great footage of the 100th anniversary of the GWR Pendennis Castle #4079!

[@maxwellwalcher6420]

i have an Idea would 4079 be in the New York Central Please.