Category: Press Releases

1st September 2024

TENDER AGREEMENT ANNOUNCED BETWEEN THE EMF and THE 2857 SOCIETY

JOINT PRESS RELEASE – issued by the EMF and the 2857 Society on 26 August 2024…

16th January 2024

7812 ‘ERLESTOKE MANOR’ TO MAKE ANOTHER TEMPORARY MOVE (or TWO) FROM THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY

GWR 7812 ‘Erlestoke Manor’ will again spend the summer season away from its base at the…

15th November 2023

THE FIRST STAGE OF THE JOURNEY BY LARGE PRAIRIE 5164 BACK TO STEAM BEGINS IN NOVEMBER

PRESS RELEASE – issued on 18 October 2023 Back in 2021, Erlestoke Manor Fund ( EMF…

15th February 2023

7812 ‘Erlestoke Manor’ to make a temporary move from the Severn Valley Railway

GWR 7812 ‘Erlestoke Manor’ will spend the summer season away from its base at the Severn…

13th November 2022

Really Good News on Progress

At long last, Erlestoke Manor Fund can announce a major development with the proposed return of…

22nd August 2022

Erlestoke Manor and Bradley Manor on their way back

The long-awaited returns of ex-GWR Manor no 7812 Erlestoke Manor and no 7802 Bradley Manor to…

22nd August 2022

The Big ‘Large Prairie’ Appeal returning locomotive 5164 to service

An appeal to return ex-GWR Large Prairie no 5164 to service has been launched by Erlestoke…

30th July 2022

Great Western Railway ‘Large Prairie’ 2-6-2T Locomotive 516

The Erlestoke Manor Fund is delighted to announce that it is in discussion with the 5164…

3rd March 2022

7812 welcomes back its boiler

In late February, GWR Manor Class no 7812 Erlestoke Manor was reunited with its boiler at…

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