Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: 3850

On the first day of the 2025 Winter Gala I had a morning turn on visiting engine GWR 2884 Class 2-8-0 3850. I was checking the water level in the tender when this view presented itself. The original GWR 2-8-0s introduced in 1908 had a typically Edwardian small cab roof but even this 1940s update is hardly less Spartan especially when running backwards in the rain! Fences are maybe not the main interest here but HFF to everyone. Enjoy the weekend ahead.

GWR 2884 Class 2-8-0 3850 emerges from the A6 bridge on the southern edge of Loughborough with a train of empty 16 ton wagons during the Great Central Railway 2011 Winter Gala. HFF to everyone & have a great weekend.

Great Western Railway 38xx 2-8-0 3850 heads towards Quorn on the southern edge of Loughborough with a train of empty 16 tonners. The 94 milepost is the distance by rail from Manchester London Road station & not London, evidence of the GCR's roots as the MS&LR.