2024 End of Year Update As 2024 comes to a close we want to thank all of our supporters for their support over the past year. We’ve been able to raise in excess of £10,000 towards the locomotives overhaul,[…]

Work on 2857 Continues We had another set of working days over the course of last week, to continue with work to remove 2857’s tubes. As stated previously this will allow us the opportunity to have a boiler inspector[…]

UpDATE ON THE TENDER HIRE TO THE EMF The 1st of October formally saw 2857’s Tender (T2355) handed over to the Erlestoke Manor Fund for a hire period of around 15 months. It has entered the paint shop at[…]

The Society Plans and Visions for the future Following on from our AGM on Saturday 12th October, we are happy to bring our followers our plans and visions for the future years to come. Firstly, we held a very[…]

The 2857 Society 2024 Annual Report – now available for shareholders Ahead of the 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM), Shareholders can now download the 2024 Annual Report. Copies of previous annual reports can be found on the Shareholders page.[…]

2857 Current Status Current Status of 2857 Update Part 1 Over the last few months 2 working parties have occurred on the loco, with various jobs being completed. These include – Stripping the smokebox of its contents, cleaning and[…]

The 2nd January 2023 saw GWR 2-8-0 No.2857 operate for the final time before withdrawal for overhaul. Crewed by Society Trustees Simon Brooks (Driver) and Harry Bradley (Fireman), the locomotive took a 325 ton train, formed of 10 Chocolate[…]

The SVR remained closed until August which meant that 2857 covered a very small fraction of its normal mileage in 2020. That said, the loco has worked virtually daily throughout August without putting a foot (a wheel?) wrong. In[…]

Over the winter the opportunity was taken to straighten up and tidy the injector steam pipes running down the back head so that they meet with the valves vertically, rather than in the cranked positions erroneously set at the[…]

In June some cracks in the copper firebox, which looked like old repairs, were welded and several rivets were replaced with patch screws. On the carriage heating it was decided to dispense with the ‘Sarco’ unit and to pursue[…]