GWR 2800 Class 2807

2807
No. 2807 on the occasion of her 100th birthday celebration. This photograph was taken at Toddington on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway during September 2005.
Type and origin Power type Steam Build date October 1905
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-8-0 Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Career Operators Great Western Railway, British Railways Class GWR 2800 Class Numbers 2807 Retired 1963 Current owner Cotswold Steam Preservation Ltd.

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No. 2807 was completed in October 1905 and not withdrawn until March 1963, completing just over 58 years of service. 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 and restored to steam in 2010.

References

External links

• Cotswold Steam Preservation Ltd. - Owners of No. 2807