GWR Manor Class Built 1950

Foxcote Manor

Foxcote Manor, owned by its Society and supported by the people determined to see 7822 steaming.

Foxcote Manor approaching Berwyn Tunnel through woodland
Approaching Berwyn Tunnel Photograph: Barbara Fuller

Current work

Boiler
Tyseley
Chassis
Williton
Objective
Return to steam
Full overhaul update

Latest from 7822

Work in progress.

Overhaul reports, operating stories and Society news, kept together as a continuing record of No. 7822.

Martin Fuller

Tubeplate Template

The society have created a steel template to aid in drilling our new copper tubeplate

Read the full update

The Society

Owned. Maintained. Returning.

Saved in 1974.
Still working.

The Society was formed to rescue Foxcote Manor from Barry Scrapyard. Five decades later, it still owns the locomotive and leads the work needed to keep No. 7822 operating.

  1. 1974

    Bought from Barry Scrapyard for £4,950, then roughly the price of a house.

  2. 1975

    Moved to Oswestry, where an extensive overhaul began.

  3. 1988

    Returned to service after fourteen years of determined restoration.

  4. Today

    Four boiler tickets in preservation and service at heritage railways across Britain.

Read Foxcote Manor’s history
A Society volunteer working beneath Foxcote Manor’s brake gear
Hands-on preservation Society archive

Membership & donations

This is what
ownership looks like.

Members receive the Society newsletter, attend and vote at the AGM, and become part of the organisation that owns Foxcote Manor.

Foxcote volunteers at the controls
Foxcote volunteers at the controls Photograph: Martin Fuller

Volunteer with the Society

The next chapter needs people.

Practical experience is welcome, but commitment matters just as much. Join the volunteer team helping to return Foxcote Manor to steam.

Ask about volunteering

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