7812 'Erlestoke Manor'
After a five-year overhaul, extended because of Covid-19, Great Western Railway 7812 ‘Erlestoke Manor’ returned to Severn Valley heritage railway metals on 2nd December 2022.
This shot is a flashback to October 2017 with 'Erlestoke Manor', a Great Western Railway Collett 7800 Manor class 4-6-0, crossing Oldbury Viaduct on the SVR on a very gloomy day. The loco is carrying a Cambrian Coast Express headboard.
7812 was named after the Manor at Erlestoke, a village near Devizes in Wiltshire. Built at Swindon Works, it was delivered new to Bristol Bath Road depot in January 1939.
7812 'Erlestoke Manor'
After a five-year overhaul, extended because of Covid-19, Great Western Railway 7812 ‘Erlestoke Manor’ returned to Severn Valley heritage railway metals on 2nd December 2022.
This shot is a flashback to October 2017 with 'Erlestoke Manor', a Great Western Railway Collett 7800 Manor class 4-6-0, crossing Oldbury Viaduct on the SVR on a very gloomy day. The loco is carrying a Cambrian Coast Express headboard.
7812 was named after the Manor at Erlestoke, a village near Devizes in Wiltshire. Built at Swindon Works, it was delivered new to Bristol Bath Road depot in January 1939.