The locomotive was originally allocated to Oswestry depot, where it was used to haul both passenger and freight services over lines such as the Cambrian Line and the now-closed Ruabon Barmouth Line. It regularly hauled the "Cambrian Coast Express" from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth. It was also allocated to Chester shed during its lifespan.
It was withdrawn in 1965 from Shrewsbury and was towed to Woodham Brothersscrapyard in Barry, South Wales.It languished there until 1974 when it was rescued for preservation. It was initially taken to Oswestry for restoration work, but is now based on the Llangollen Railway, a restored part of the Ruabon Barmouth Line, and it has seen regular services on the Llangollen Railway and has been on loan to the West Somerset Railway, Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway, South Devon Railway, Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Great Central Railway (Nottingham) and even The North Yorkshire Moors Railway. 7822 returned to service in early 2016 following heavy boiler repairs and can be seen regularly operating at Llangollen.
One of the endearing features of most preserved railways is the various coaches,wagons and trains to be seen from the train,why your sitting there having your cream tea .or stretching your legs for a walk around Wittersham road.
Inevitably they are in various states of repair. and now thanks to the Rother Valley Railway
the kent and east sussex railway has a large facility .
The building was paid for by The Rother Valley Railway, who are working on laying track towards Bodiam from Robertsbridge to give the a connection from Tenterden with Network Rail.
The carriage storage facility won an award from the Institute of Civil Engineers, partly due to it being built for the relatively small amount of £500,000.
