Many years ago at Cadeby, the outpost of all that is Great Western, it was suggested that the locomotive naming group at Swindon works would have named the 4–4–0 locomotive ‘ Duchy of Cornwall’, but with tongue in cheek decided on TRE POL PEN instead, as something of a compliment to that delightful district of the West Country.
Many years ago at Cadeby, the outpost of all that is Great Western, it was suggested that the locomotive naming group at Swindon works would have named the 4–4–0 locomotive ‘ Duchy of Cornwall’, but with an odd manner decided on TRE POL PEN instead, as something of a compliment to that delightful district of the West Country.