Stout GWR 2-8-0 2857 barks up Eardington bank with just a slight whisp of smoke from its stack, pulling a seven-car train of LNER teak coaches.
Designed for heavy freight work and constructed in Swindon shops in 1918, the class was the first 2-8-0 in Britain. Of the 84 constructed, six survived to preservation, most having been retired in the mid-1960s. Two have operated post-preservation, but 2857 is the only example presently in service.
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Stout GWR 2-8-0 2857 barks up Eardington bank with just a slight whisp of smoke from its stack, pulling a seven-car train of LNER teak coaches.
Designed for heavy freight work and constructed in Swindon shops in 1918, the class was the first 2-8-0 in Britain. Of the 84 constructed, six survived to preservation, most having been retired in the mid-1960s. Two have operated post-preservation, but 2857 is the only example presently in service.
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Uploaded on May 6, 2019
Taken on April 19, 2019