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3850

Key Features
Number:
3850
Built:
1942
Builder:
Churchward
Withdrawn:
1965
First Restored:
2020

A '2884' class heavy freight locomotive, built 1942. Owned by Dinmore Manor Locomotive Limited, it is at Toddington for its 10-year overhaul.

Specifcation

  • Wheel arrangement: 2-8-0
  • Origin: Great Western Railway - a development of the similar '28xx' class introduced in 1903 and the first-ever 2-8-0 freight locomotive in the UK
  • Introduced: 1938
  • Working weight: 116 tons (locomotive 76 tons, tender 40 tons)
  • Driving wheels: 4' 7½"
  • Tractive effort: 35,380lbs
  • Water capacity: 3,500 galls
  • Purpose: Heavy, long-distance freight. The engines could be found throughout the Great Western Railway system. Altogether, 167 were built.