2807
2807 - '28xx' class heavy freight locomotive, built 1905. This locomotive is owned by
Cotswold Steam Preservation Limited and, after 29 year restoration, is one of the GWR's resident locomotives.
- 2-8-0
- Great Western Railway, designed by G J Churchward as the first-ever 2-8-0 class to run in the UK
- 1903
- 116 tons (locomotive 76 tons, tender 40 tons)
- 3,500 gallons
- Heavy, long-distance freight. These engines could be found throughout the Great Western Railway system. Altogether, 167 were built. No 2807 is the oldest GWR locomotive surviving in private hands. It was withdrawn in 1963 and was rescued from Barry scrapyard in 1981. It was returned to steam in 2010.