Lived on-board Hadar

Saturday, August 25, 2012

GWR 3803

This morning we took a walk up to the station to see the steam engine running on the Battlefield Line today. This is the station building.

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This class 08 looks very smart in what looks like a recent paint job.

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GWR 3803 arriving at the station. She is a 2884 class of 2-8-0 steam locomotive designed for heavy freight work for the GWR (Great Western Railway) and was built in 1939. C. B. Collett's 2884 class is a development of G. J. Churchward's highly capable 28xx class of heavy freight locomotives of 1903 which were the first engines to pull 2000 tons.

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Running round the coaches for it’s next journey to Shenton.

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These are the moorings reserved for Historic boats for the festival, will be interesting watching them fill up during the week.

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Keith.

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