Pendennis Castle, Dampier, Western Australia, circa 1980s
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Clips from a Channel 9 production on ex-Great Western Railway Castle Class 4079 "Pendennis Castle" and the Pilbara region, circa 1980s.
The locomotive was acquired by Hamersley Iron (Rio Tinto) in 1977. It arrived in Dampier in April, 1978 and made its inaugural run on 7 November, 1978. It was operated by the Pilbara Railways Historical Society with assistance from Hamersley Iron up until its boiler certificate expired in 1994. The loco suffered various issues however repairs were deemed uneconomical after ATP signalling was installed on the Rio Tinto network. An agreement was reached with the Great Western Society for the locomotive to be donated to the group and it shipped back to the UK in April 2000
Video source: encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/enc...
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That headlight really suits Pendennis actually
As of today this loco has made a welcome back to steam and now it’s my lucky chance to see her for real
Man thats the last place on earth you'd expect to see a train like that 😳
I been on this steam train from mt tom price w.a Australia to Parker pt dampier
australia was lucky enough to get this masterpiece of engineering here then foolish enough to let it leave the country.
@MitchellFreeway
2 жыл бұрын
It's being much better looked after at The Great Western Society.
@vsvnrg3263
2 жыл бұрын
@@MitchellFreeway , in case you didnt know, this wasnt just any old castle class loco, this is the one that was swapped with the lner for testing after the lner didnt believe the gwr claims to fuel economy and power. as a result, the lner made changes to its fast express locos, including mallard. in other words, mallard would never have been able to achieve any speed records without pendennis castle.
@invisibleman4827
Жыл бұрын
We're grateful they did tbf 😉