Steam locomotive 4079 Pendennis Castle visit East Lancashire in 2024

The East Lancashire Railway has announced that they will be welcoming GWR Castle No. 4079 Pendennis Castle in April 2024.

The locomotive, which will visit the ELR thanks to the Didcot Railway Centre, was made famous when it was chosen to represent the UK at the British Empire Exhibition in 1925.

4079 Pendennis Castle's retirement mainly took place in Australia, running on preserved lines alongside Flying Scotsman until 1994.

Pendennis Castle came back to the UK in 2000 and returned to steam in 2021.

Pendennis Castle will be hauling normal trains in April as well as hauling a range of dining trains. Trains hauled by Pendennis Castle will run on 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28 April 2024.

Apart from the dining trains, normal fares will apply when Pendennis Castle is running.