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GWR 2800 Class 2807

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Power type
  
Steam

Configuration
  
2-8-0

Build date
  
October 1905

Class
  
GWR 2800 Class

GWR 2800 Class 2807

Gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

Operators
  
Great Western Railway, British Railways

GWR No.2807 is one of the survivors of the Great Western Railway's 2800 Class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives, also known as the 28XX class.

No. 2807 is

  • the oldest survivor of the class
  • the oldest survivor of G.J. Churchward's standard locomotives
  • the oldest locomotive saved from Woodham Brothers scrapyard at Barry, Wales.

    • No. 2807 was completed in October 1905 and not withdrawn until March 1963. No. 2807 arrived at Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales during November 1963.

    Over 17 years later in 1981 she was saved and moved to Toddington railway station on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. She was restored to steam in 2010.

    References

    GWR 2800 Class 2807 Wikipedia
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