Loco #2857 at Bridgnorth Station Siding

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 During a working career of 45 years, No. 2857 recorded a total mileage of 1,276,713 miles and, to judge from the depots to which she was allocated, must have operated over virtually all the GWR routes on which she was permitted to run. She was delivered new to Salisbury GWR depot and then moved successively to Pontypool Road, Aberdare, Old Oak Common, Newton Abbot, back to Aberdare and to Pontypool Road, then Severn Tunnel Junction, Pontypool Road again, Cardiff Canton, Plymouth Laira, Stourbridge, Banbury, Tyseley, Chester, Pontypool Road for a fourth time, Tyseley again, Swindon, Newport Ebbw Junction, Severn Tunnel Junction again before withdrawal from Neath depot in April 1963. 
Restoration started in January 1976 at Bewdley, in conditions far more basic than anything now enjoyed at most preservation sites. This work centred on replacing all the boiler fittings and copper pipework, plus the refurbishing of some areas of corroded platework, particularly on the running plate and under the cab floor. All the small boiler tubes were replaced, a ‘first’ for those days, and a completely new set of boiler cladding sheets was produced.
She was first steamed in preservation on 9th September 1979, minus cladding, and was one of five engines returned to steam that year on the SVR, earning the railway the 1979 ARPS Award.

This loco appeared on the BBC TV series 'The Golden Age of Steam Railways, and I am watching it right now!
   

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Oldbury (show map)

Taken on: July 13, 2017

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-GX1, f/4.0, 1/250 sec, 19mm (=38mm), ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

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Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	19mm (35mm equivalent: 38mm)
ISO:	160
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Cloudy
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 10.0 Windows
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