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    Jan 18, 2022 4 minutes

    GWR 2884 2-8-0 No. 3850 was restored by Dinmore Manor Locomotive Ltd from Barry scrapyard condition and entered service on the West Somerset Railway in 2006 – followed by almost 10 years of work, clocking up 82,000 miles and 1200 days in steam. When the time was up on the boiler certificate, with the engine now at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, we knew we had a fair bit of work to do:

    ◾ The tyres were at the limit.

    ◾ There was more than a wisp of exhaust steam where it should not be.

    ◾ We expected the boiler needed more than just a little TLC.

    ◾ At some

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