3822 - '2884' class heavy freight locomotive, built 1940. Normally resident at Didcot Railway Centre, this locomotive is expected to remain on the GWR for a second year during 2004.

Photograph copyright Anthony Wittenberg, 2003

Wheel arrangement:

2-8-0

Origin:

Great Western Railway

Introduced:

1938 - a development of the similar '28xx' class introduced in 1903 and the first-ever 2-8-0 freight locomotive in the UK.

Working weight:

116 tons (locomotive 76 tons, tender 40 tons)

Water capacity:

3,500 gallons

Purpose:

Heavy, long-distance freight. The engines could be found throughout the Great Western Railway system. Altogether, 167 were built. 3822 has its own unofficial website. An example of the earlier class, no 2807, the oldest GWR locomotive surviving in private hands, is being restored in the yard at Toddington. 2807 has its own website.