Didcot Railway Centre
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Didcot Railway Centre is a railway museum and preservation engineering site in Didcot, Oxfordshire, England. The site was formerly a Great Western Railway engine shed and locomotive stabling point.
Locomotives 5051, 29 (visiting), 2999, 3738, and others sitting in front of the engine shed.
Didcot Railway Centre, Oct 2001
Reconstructed mixed-gauge, 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge / 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) track
Travelling Post Office
GWR 4073 "Castle" Class No. 4079 Pendennis Castle is a 4-6-0 steam locomotive built in 1924 for the Great Western Railway at Swindon Works to a design of Charles Collett. It was employed on long-dista
Didcot Railway Centre
…Established 1967 Location Didcot, Oxfordshire, England Coordinates Type Operational Railway museum Key holdings GWR 6000 Class No.6023 King Edward II GWR 4073 Class No.4079 Pendennis Castle GWR Firefly Class Firefly Owner Great Western Society (site leased from Network Rail) Public transit access Didcot Parkway Website Didcot Railway Centre…
Pendennis Castle in 1977
At Steamtown, Carnforth in May 1975
Undergoing restoration at Didcot Railway Centre in October 2005
At Didcot in 2024