ELR Ramsbottom "Pendennis Castle" - a photo on Flickriver

            On it's last weekend at the East Lancashire Railway 4079 "Pendennis Castle" leaves Ramsbottom with the 09:05 Bury - Rawtenstall. Very frustrating that all the time the train was at the station it was in sun but not here, at least there was decent exhaust.
4079 'Pendennis Castle' was the seventh of 171 Castles built and was completed at Swindon in February 1924
Castles were remarkable right from the off. In 1925 4079 Pendennis Castle was exchanged with an LNER A1/A3 class, of the same type as A3 "Flying Scotsman", and comprehensively eclipsed the LNER on haulage power as well as coal and water consumption. Castles are also smaller physically and yet the GWR was able to trumpet the most powerful locomotive in Britain when built. Sir Nigel Gresley was quick to learn all there was from the GWR and improved the A3 class. After withdrawal in 1964 4079 passed into preservation and was eventually sold to an Australian mining company in 1977. However the engine was repatriated in 2000 and has steamed again at the Great Western Society’s home in Didcot.

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Taken on: April 27, 2024

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7RM2, f/5.6, 1/640 sec, 57mm, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7RM2
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	57mm
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	ILCE-7RM2 v4.00
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