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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 It finally entered service in August 1985, and worked until withdrawn for overhaul in December 1994 (1992 was spent on loan to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway).
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! After overhaul, it 2857 re-entered service in July 2011.
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>
