GWR 2800 Class No. 2807

Despite being nearly due a 10-year overhaul, reliability continues to be good and there's very little to report, except for a regular bo...

No. 2807 started the 2019 season well, if a few weeks late. But on April 7 th she was failed with a hot coupling rod bearing. The team go...

So I went and said “ there's no reason to think that 2807 won't be ready for the start of the 2019 running season”. What on earth w...

Well there's good news and not so good news. The good news is that 2807 hauled the train for the Armistice Centenary event at the railwa...

In short, more smooth running from No. 2807. That's a summary of the last three months. Topped off with a successful steam test at the s...

Wednesday 11th With 2807 in service and 4270 back from its repair work, guess what happened? Bruce stood still too long and was co-opted to...

Wednesday 20th The day began with Bruce changing over the top clack valves (that feed water into the boiler). Not happy about the newly fit...

Saturday 9th The busiest people on 2807 today seemed to be the two Johns - Cruxon & Hancock [Loco Dept}. There were just a couple of p...