© under license to London News Pictures. 02/04/2011. The King Edward II steam locomotive pictured here in 1950 at Didcot following repairs.  The KEII was today (02/04/2011) revealed to the public in it's full glory at the Railway Centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire, England. A group of volunteer workers have spent the last 20 years working on restoring the heavy express steam locomotive to full working order. The splendid machine first introduced in the 1920's spent many years rotting at Barry Scrapyard in Wales after performing over 1,500,000 miles of service pulling trains between London Paddington and the West of England for Great Western Railway. Photo credit should read: London News Pictures
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