GWR 28XX class 2807 arrives at Pickering on the NYMR

GWR 2807 is a well travelled engine

 

 

Previous pictures showed the engine at Keighley.

2807 - '28xx' class heavy freight locomotive, built

 1905. This locomotive is owned by Cotswold Steam

Preservation Limited and, after a 29 year restoration,

 is one of the Gloucester Warwickshire Railway's

 resident locomotives.

 

 

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No. 2807 was completed in October 1905 and not withdrawn until March 1963.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.

I am grateful to Gloucester Warwickshire Railway, Wikipedia and of course the NYMR for above information.

http://www.gwsr.com/home.aspx

http://www.nymr.co.uk/