GWR 2800 Class 2807

GWR 2-8-0 2800 Class No. 2807 on the occasion of her 100th birthday celebration. This photograph was taken at Toddington on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway during September 2005.

Great Western Railway (GWR) No. 2807 is one of the survivors of the 2800 Class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives (also known as the 28XX class).

No. 2807 is

the oldest survivor of the class
the oldest survivor of G.J. Churchward's standard locomotives
the oldest locomotive built by the Great Western Railway and now privately owned
the oldest locomotive saved from Woodham Brothers scrapyard at Barry, Wales.

No. 2807 was completed in October 1905 and not withdrawn until March 1963. No. 2807 arrived at Woodhams' Scrapyard in Barry during November 1963.

Over 17 years later in 1981 she was saved and moved to Toddington railway station on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. There she is being restored by the volunteers of owning company Cotswold Steam Preservation Ltd., with a targeted return to steam in 2008.