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==2857 in preservation==
2857 was purchased from [[Barry Scrapyard | Woodham Bros scrapyard]] on 20th May 1974 by [[The 2857 Society|The 2857 Society]] for a cost of £5,250 plus £525 VAT; fund raising for the purchase was helped by a [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|raffle organised by the SVRA Kidderminster branch]] which raised £1,950 nett.<ref>SVR News 33,34</ref> The locomotive was moved by rail from Barry to the Severn Valley Railway in convoy with [[GWR Mogul 7325]], arriving on 13th August 1975<ref>SVR News 37 p.2. and p.14.</ref><ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> (the The 2857 Preservation Society web site website states 20 August).<ref>[http://www.2857.org.uk/2857_2-preservation.html 2857 Society web site 2]</ref> They were respectively the 69th and 70th locomotives to leave Barry.<ref>The Barry Story, Beckett & Hardingham (2010)</ref>
===Restoration and first steaming===
Following these troubles, 2857 became a reliable performer, recording the highest annual mileage of any steam locomotive on the SVR in each of the years 2013 to 2015. Mileage since 2010 is recorded on the [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#Locomotives used | 2010-2019 Timeline page]]. However it became apparent in 2016 that as the locomotive approached its 100th anniversary, significant work would soon be required including relining the cylinders, replacing valves and pistons and attending to a bent piston rod. The locomotive was therefore withdrawn for an intermediate overhaul in September 2017, with a complete boiler re-tube being carried out at the same time.<ref>SVR News 201</ref> The locomotive returned to service on 16 May 2018<ref>[https://twitter.com/svrofficialsite/status/996798365215219713 SVR Social Media]</ref>, 100 years to the month since first entering service. On 18 September 2018 the locomotive passed 100,000 miles in preservation, carrying both a headboard "Still gong strong, 100,000 miles" and a "100" headcode.<ref>[https://twitter.com/svrofficialsite/status/1042674319820775426 SVR social media]</ref> The 100 headcode remained in use during the [[Autumn Steam Gala]] which began on 24 September.<ref>SVRLive</ref> It reappeared on 11 November for the centenary of Remembrance Day.
At the end of 2019, 2857 had recorded a total of 111,594 miles in preservation on the SVR. The reported total may include mileage on the main line and on hire to other railways<ref>SVR News 210, SVR-based Steam Locomotive Mileage 2017-2019, Duncan Ballard</ref>.
==Gallery==
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== See Also also ==
[[Steam Locomotives|List of Steam Locomotives]]<br>
[[SVR-based locomotives visiting other events]]
