Key Features
Number:
2807
Built:
1905
Builder:
GWR Swindon Works
Withdrawn:
1963
First Restored:
2010
A '28xx' class heavy freight locomotive, built in 1905. This locomotive is owned by Cotswold Steam Preservation Limited and, after a 29 year restoration, is one of the GWR's resident locomotives.
She was withdrawn in 2020 for her major 10-year overhaul and has returned to service in Autumn 2023.
Specification
- Wheel arrangement: 2-8-0
- Origin: Great Western Railway, designed by G J Churchward as the first-ever 2-8-0 class to run in the UK
- Introduced: 1903
- Working weight: 116 tons (locomotive 76 tons, tender 40 tons)
- Driving wheels: 4' 7½"
- Tractive effort: 35,380lbs
- Water capacity: 3,500 gallons
- Purpose: Heavy, long-distance freight. These engines could be found throughout the Great Western Railway system. Altogether, 167 were built. No 2807 is the oldest GWR locomotive surviving in private hands. It was withdrawn in 1963 and was rescued from Barry scrapyard in 1981. It was returned to steam in 2010.
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