Great Western Railway 2-8-0 No. 3803
Paignton, Devon, UK 		Location: Dartmouth Steam Railway
Status: Restoration
Posted: Nov 8, 2024 @ 10:11:22 by Russell Newman
@Joe Turner, the overhaul on No. 3803 will likely take two years or so depending on how the locomotive is as most overhauls take time and can not be rushed.
Posted: Nov 7, 2024 @ 11:11:09 by Joe Turner
@Russell Newman How long Roughly Do U think This Overhaul Could take Given The Extent Of It Condition ?
Posted: Oct 11, 2024 @ 12:10:14 by Russell Newman
The overhaul on ex GWR 2884 Class 2-8-0 No. 3803, is now underway at the Dartmouth Steam Railway, as the boiler has been lifted from the frames for work to be carried out on it.
Posted: Feb 5, 2022 @ 08:02:51 by Russell Newman
The ex GWR 2884 Class 2-8-0 No. 3803 has been sold by the South Devon Railway to the Dartmouth Steam Railway at Paignton in Devon. Where the locomotive will now relocated to and have a overhaul back into steam again in the not too distant future.
Posted: Jul 20, 2007 @ 06:07:21 by Andrew Wilson
Built in 1942, at Swindon, to Collett’s modernised version of Churchward’s 2-8-0 design, the 28xx class, used for heavy freight particularly coal and minerals between South Wales and the Midlands. In 1947 this locomotive was stationed at Banbury Shed, and the next year was selected to take part in the trials between freight engines of the other regions of the newly nationalized British Railways, and made a very good showing. She was withdrawn in 1965 and is now operational and stationed on the South Devon Railway. 18th July 2007