2807 Timeline


This page is a detailed timeline of No. 2807. It covers both time in service and restoration.

06/1903Prototype of the 2800 class, No. 97, completed at Swindon
 
10/1905No. 2807 completed at Swindon
10/1905Swindon stock
10/1905Tender No. 1618 (3000 Gallon) (replaced with tender No. 1620 at an unknown time)
13/12/1905Allocated to Westbourne Park
 
20/08/1907Allocated to Old Oak Common
26/08/1907Slight overhaul, Paddington shops
15/01/1908Slight overhaul, Paddington shops
30/04/1909General overhaul, Swindon
17/07/1909Emerges with boiler 2811
Allocated to Swindon Stock
10/09/1909Allocated to Severn Tunnel Junction
14/09/1909Allocated to Old Oak Common
 
23/02/1911General overhaul, Swindon
16/05/1911Emerges with boiler 28??
Allocated to Swindon Stock
19/05/1911General overhaul, Swindon (continued)
24/05/1911Allocated to Swindon Stock
25/05/1911Allocated to Aberdare
 
05/01/1913Heavy overhaul, Aberdare
10/03/1913Emerges with boiler 28??
14/05/1913Light overhaul, Aberdare
 
26/07/1915Allocated to Newport
09/08/1915Heavy overhaul, Swindon
13/10/1915Emerges with boiler 167
Allocated to Swindon Stock
15/10/1915Allocated to Aberdare
11/1915Allocated to Cardiff (Canton)
25/12/1915Allocated to Croes Newydd
01/1916Allocated to Aberdare
19/09/1916Allocated to Newport
05/10/1916Heavy overhaul, Swindon
05/01/1917Emerges with boiler 167
Allocated to Swindon Stock
27/10/1917Allocated to Pontypool Road
30/08/1918Running overhaul, Pontypool Road
25/05/1919Allocated to Chester
12/07/1919Heavy overhaul, Swindon
03/02/1920Emerges with boiler 2801
Allocated to Swindon Stock
06/02/1920Allocated to Bristol
28/10/1921Running overhaul, Bristol
11/05/1922Heavy overhaul, Swindon
11/09/1922Emerges with boiler 2859
Allocated to Swindon Stock
13/09/1922Allocated to Bristol
 
15/07/1924Heavy overhaul, Swindon
11/09/1924Emerges with boiler 2855
Allocated to Swindon Stock
09/1924Tender No. 2091 (3500 Gallon)
18/09/1924Allocated to Tyseley
 
12/06/1926Running overhaul, Tyseley
11/04/1926Running overhaul, Tyseley
04/11/1927Heavy overhaul, Swindon
03/02/1928Emerges with boiler 4022
Allocated to Swindon Stock
07/02/1928Allocated to Newton Abbot
20/09/1929Light overhaul, Newton Abbot
04/10/1929Tender No. 1803 (3500 Gallon)
02/01/1930Heavy general overhaul, Swindon
06/03/1930Emerges with boiler 2994
Tender No. 2352 (3500 Gallon)
Allocated to Swindon Stock
15/03/1930Allocated to St. Philips Marsh
11/08/1930Automatic Train Control fitted, Swindon
25/11/1931Repair tender, Bristol
 
27/02/1933Intermediate overhaul, Swindon
09/05/1933Emerges with boiler 2994
Tender No. 1819 (3500 Gallon)
Allocated to Swindon Stock
05/1933Allocated to Llanelly
19/03/1934Light overhaul, Swindon
17/07/1934Running overhaul, Llanelly
Running overhaul, Llanelly
24/06/1935Light overhaul, Swindon
11/07/1935Allocated to Swindon Stock
18/07/1935Allocated to Llanelly
07/11/1935Running overhaul, Llanelly
18/01/1936Running overhaul, Llanelly
29/10/1936General overhaul, Swindon
Modified with outside steam pipes, Dean type buffers, curved front drop end
12/12/1936Emerges with boiler 4476
Tender No. 2148 (3500 Gallon)
Allocated to Swindon Stock
18/12/1936Allocated to Llanelly
21/08/1937Tender No. 2363 (3500 Gallon)
17/11/1937Light overhaul, Swindon
 
06/06/1939Light overhaul, Swindon
26/06/1939Emerges with tender No. 2090 (3500 Gallon)
Allocated to Swindon Stock
08/07/1939Allocated to Llanelly
25/04/1940Intermediate overhaul, Swindon
02/06/1940Emerges with boiler 4476
Tender No. 2040 (3500 Gallon)
Allocated to Swindon Stock
05/06/1940Allocated to Llanelly
15/08/1940Running overhaul, Stafford Road
12/09/1940Allocated to Stafford Road
12/1941Allocated to Cardiff (Canton)
30/03/1942Running overhaul, Cardiff
28/10/1942Running overhaul, Cardiff
03/04/1943General overhaul, Swindon
10/06/1943Emerges with boiler 4933
Tender No. 2324 (3500 Gallon)
Allocated to Swindon Stock
14/06/1943Allocated to Cardiff (Canton)
04/09/1944Running overhaul, Westbury
07/11/1944Light overhaul, Swindon
Emerges with tender No. 2368 (3500 Gallon)
 
06/02/1946Running overhaul, Oxley
25/02/1946Running overhaul, Oxford
13/06/1946Intermediate overhaul, Swindon
01/08/1946Emerges with boiler 2895
Tender No. 1737 (3500 Gallon)
Allocated to Hereford
06/10/1947Running overhaul, ?
21/01/1948Light overhaul, Worcester
26/04/1948Running overhaul, Stourbridge
27/06/1948Running overhaul, Worcester
03/09/1948Tender No. 2127 (3500 Gallon)
16/10/1948Running overhaul, Tyseley
31/12/1948General overhaul, Swindon
02/02/1949Emerges with boiler 2859
Tender No. 1975 (3500 Gallon)
18/08/1950Light casual overhaul, Newton Abbot
31/10/1951Unclassified overhaul, Newton Abbot
23/02/1951Heavy casual overhaul, Swindon
20/03/1951Emerges with boiler 8271
Tender No. 2123 (3500 Gallon)
07/1951Allocated to Worcester
01/03/1952Unclassified overhaul, Pontypool Road
29/05/1952Heavy intermediate overhaul, Swindon
30/07/1952Emerges with boiler 4903
Tender No. 2124 (3500 Gallon)
14/05/1953Unclassified overhaul, Worcester
10/03/1954Unclassified overhaul, Worcester
09/06/1954Tender No. 1924 (3500 Gallon)
15/02/1955Heavy general overhaul, Swindon
29/03/1955Emerges with boiler 8284
Tender No. 1980 (3500 Gallon)
21/09/1956Unclassified overhaul, Worcester
02/06/1957Tender No. 1866 (3500 Gallon)
12/08/1957Heavy general overhaul, Swindon
23/09/1957Emerges with boiler 2817
Tender No. 1811 (3500 Gallon)
10/1957Allocated to Chester
23/02/1958Transferred to LMR stock, along with Chester shed
08/06/1958Unclassified overhaul, Stafford Road
15/06/1958Transferred to WR stock
23/06/1958Allocated to Wolverhampton stock
12/07/1958Allocated to Newport (Ebbw)
07/10/1958Unclassified overhaul, Newport
31/12/1958Allocated to Newton Abbot
02/03/1959Unclassified overhaul, Newton Abbot
03/10/1959Tender No. 2367 (3500 Gallon)
22/04/1960Allocated to Severn Tunnel Junction
24/08/1960Heavy intermediate overhaul, Swindon
18/11/1960Emerges with boiler 8270
Tender No. 2203 (3500 Gallon)
 
27/08/1962Light casual overhaul, Newport (Ebbw)
07/03/1963Withdrawn from service
09/10/1963No. 2807 sold to Woodham's Scrapyard, Barry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12/03/1981Locomotive bought by Cotswold Steam Preservation from Woodham's Scrapyard
19/06/1981No. 2807 left Woodham's Scrapyard
20/06/1981No. 2807 arrived Toddington, on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
25/06/1981Tender No. 2065 arrived Toddington
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1993Driving wheel tyres skimmed at Tyseley
1994Tender brake gear fitting started
Front buffer beam repaired
New tender well tank fitted
09/05/1994Tender tank returned to Toddington from Brierley Hill
 
1996Tender water scoop mechanism installed
08/06/1996Locomotive re-wheeling completed
10/10/1997Smokebox and chimney fitted
Tender tank fitted to frames
 
 
 
2001Left hand side coupling rods fitted
2002Right hand side coupling rods fitted
2003Started fitting new firebox stays
05/2003New connecting rod blanks delivered
06/06/2003New valve cylinder liners fitted
10/2004New boiler backhead cladding started
15/01/2005Right hand side crosshead fitted
29/01/2005Left hand side crosshead fitted
02/2005Boiler cladding started
03/2005Left hand side cylinder cladding started
26/03/2005Connecting rod blanks left Toddington for machining
04/2005Cab floor started
09/04/2005Boiler fitted into frames
07/09/2005Left hand side connecting rod fitted
17/09/2005No. 2807's 100th birthday celebration
04/11/2005Right hand side connecting rod fitted
25/02/2006Boiler and smokebox removed and transported to Llangollen Railway for repairs


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