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[[File:2857_20110923.jpg |thumb|300px|right| 2857 approaching Highley]]
[[File:GWR 2857.jpg |thumb|300px|right| 2857 climbing Eardington Bank]]
2857 is a GWR Churchward 2800 Class locomotive, designed for heavy freight work and classified 8F by BR.
==2857 in preservation==
The locomotive was first steamed in preservation on 9th September 1979, minus cladding, and was steamed intermittently through 1980, without entering regularly in service. It finally entered service in August 1985, and worked until withdrawn for overhaul in December 1994 (1992 was spent on loan to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway).
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As a heavy freight locomotive, 2857 was not suitable for main line passenger railtours, but made one appearance on the main line in 1985:
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!Date!!Tour name !! Route !! Notes !! Web !!SVR News
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|10 Sep 1985||GW 150 Freight Demo || Kidderminster-Hereford-Newport + return || 25 SVR wagons also used || ||78-17
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|colspan="6"|<small>For further information on sources and references, see [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR-based locomotives which hauled revenue-earning services on the main line | The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]</small>
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Filming took place in October 2000 for an episode of the 2001 TV series “[[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway#TV Documentary | Off the Rails]]” featuring Vince Henderson. The restoration of 2857 was one of the items featured, although the commentary referred to the locomotive as a pannier tank!
In 2014, 2857 recorded the highest annual mileage of any steam locomotive on the SVR that year, being the only steam loco to travel over 10,000 miles on the railway.<ref> Severn Valley Railway News 189 (Spring 2015), p21</ref>
== See Also ==
