GWR 2800 Class No. 2807

Tuesday 20th Warming fire required in readiness for a test run on Wednesday. Wednesday 21st I’m not sure who lit the steam-raising fire ...

Erratum Several people corrected my assertion last time that No.1 boilers are used on Manor class. They are not, of course. I should have s...

Last week’s conundrum Several people (Gil, Andy B, John G, Stu F, Peter T) commented on the hole in the smokebox. The short answer is that ...

Wednesday 28th In case you have forgotten already, it was a tad cold. Minus three at start of play. Nevertheless, we had 2807 hauled outsid...

Wednesday 21st Lots of people here today - luckily John G and Fred did not join us, otherwise they would have had to sit outside for lunc...

Wednesday 14th Not many people about today (including Bruce & myself!). John T relayed much of the happenings; Gilbert’s camera produce...