The 2857 Society attend The Greatest Gathering A big thankyou to everyone who came to see us at The Greatest Gathering this weekend. We raised a further £1250 for 2857, and we met loads of new people too. We’re[…]

2857 Working Days make more Progress Further working days have occurred recently, and the effort was put into getting 2857 ready for its overhaul work to begin fully. The locomotive is really starting to become a kit of parts[…]

2857 Working Days Continue This weekend saw us make a proper start on stripping the cab back-head, cleaning and labelling each part as we went. By the end of today’s working sessions we had managed to remove about 75%[…]

Severn Valley Spring Gala Sales Stand We held our usual gala sales stand over the Severn Valley Spring Gala weekend. We raised a fantastic £1300 which will go in to the overhaul pot and now means we’re up to[…]

2857 General Update We realised it’s been over a month since we last updated you on what’s going on with 2857, so we’ve brought you a bumper update below! Overhaul Appeal – We’re delighted to say we’ve now raised[…]

All of 2857’s Tubes Removed All the tubes are now out of 2857, and now we’ve only got a couple more jobs to do before we can invite a boiler inspector along to give us their verdict on the[…]

Great Central Winter Gala Sales Stand A big thanks to everyone who attended the GCR Gala this weekend and came to see us. Your support has been amazing, and we’ve raised just shy of £1400 for the overhaul!

2857’s Tubes Begin to be Removed The first of 2025’s work days on 2857 have happened, with the first batch of tubes being removed. 8 smoke tubes, and 7 flue tubes have been removed. The remaining 7 flues and[…]

SVR Winter Steam Gala Sales Stand A successful Sales Stand at the Severn Valley Railway Winter Steam Gala. We’ve managed to raise £1500 this weekend for 2857, exceeding our expectations by some distance. Thankyou to everyone who came along,[…]

New Year, New Appeal Happy New Year from The 2857 Society. Today we are launching our overhaul appeal “Let’s Get 2857 Back On Track”. Having received quotes from 4 contractors for the bottom end overhaul of the locomotive, the[…]