Preservation
Erlestoke Manor along with nine of its fellow Manor class were saved from scrap and are preserved to this day. Erlestoke Manor completed its major overhaul at the Severn Valley Railway and ran for the first time on 12 February 2008. It was confirmed fit for traffic just in time for the Severn Valley Railway's reopening train. The locomotive is now in daily service on the Severn Valley Railway.
7812 Erlestoke Manor went to visit the West Somerset Railway for their Spring Steam Gala 19–20, 24–27 March 2011, where it appeared alongside visiting locos BR 70000 Britannia, SR 30777 Sir Lamiel, GWR 2807, GWR 6430, GWR 6024 King Edward I and the WSRs home fleet.
7812 Erlestroke Manor is one of three Manors at the Severn Valley Railway, the other two being 7802 Bradley Manor and GWR 7819 Hinton Manor.
Rumour has being going around that 7812 is going to be done to main line standards after her next overhaul which her current ticket is due to expire in 2018. But it would require her to be fitted with Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS), on-train monitoring recorder (OTMR), dual braking (if to work dual braked stock), the old 4000 gallon Collett tender from no. 7802 and reduction in height by 1.5 in.
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