'Letting Off Steam', Legends Reunited, Didcot Railway Centre

            ‘Pendennis Castle's’ claim to fame dates from 1925 when the GWR lent the locomotive to the London & North Eastern Railway for trials against Sir Nigel Gresley's mighty new Pacifics exemplified by No.4472 ‘Flying Scotsman’. Working 16-coach trains on the East Coast main line from Kings Cross, the stalwart Castle covered itself in soot and glory, thoroughly out-performing its larger competitors. Her exploits were the talk of every schoolboy in Britain and the GWR rather cheekily sent ‘Pendennis Castle’ to stand alongside ‘Flying Scotsman’ at the 1925 British Empire Exhibition at Wembley with a notice proclaiming her to be the most powerful passenger express locomotive in Britain.

Here we have a black and white image of the LNER 60103 'Royal Scotsman' letting off steam beside the GWR 4079 'Pendennis Castle' in front of the Didcot 1932 loco shed. This is the first meeting between the two engines since that 1925 British Empire Exhibition.

After visiting once during the week at one of the 'steam days' where the Flying Scotsman was pulling carriages up and down the demonstration line I then attended for this evening with Timeline Events.

Taken on: May 31, 2025

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