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{{Infobox GWR steam loco
|image = GWR_Class_5700_No_7714_(8062211853)7714_20170326.jpg|caption = 7714 at near BewdleyTunnel (March 2017)
|construc = Kerr Stuart & Co., Stoke
|wheels = 0-6-0PT
|power = 22,515 lb
|pressure = 200 lb/sq in}}
7714 is a GWR Collett 5700 class 0-6-0PT ‘pannier tank’, one of two examples on the SVR (the other being [[GWR Pannier 5764 | 5764]]). The 5700 class was the most numerous class of engine designed and built by the Great Western Railway; more than 860 were built between 1929 and 1950. Pannier tanks could be found at work all over the former GWR system and although designed primarily for shunting duties, they were regularly used on local freight and passenger workings. British Railways Western Region 'BR(W)' rated the class as 4F,<ref>[http://www.michaelclemensrailways.co.uk/?atk=559 Midlands Division (Ex WR) & Gloucester District - Locomotive Route Availability (Branch Lines)- June 1963] Retrieved 7 January 2017</ref>, although elsewhere the class was rated 3F.<ref>Classic British Steam Locomotives (ISBN 1-86147-138-6), Wikipedia etc</ref>
In mid-1999 the locomotive was repainted into GWR green livery. Shortly afterwards it suffered an issue with the driving stub-axle working loose. This was sent away for repair at the British Steel workshops near Redcar. The repair was successful with the axle reinstalled by the winter. Around this time the boiler also received an overhaul at Crewe Heritage Centre, with a return to service in summer 2000.<ref>SVR News 130-133</ref>
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File:GWR_Class_5700_No_7714_(8062211853).jpg| 7714 at Bewdley (Aug 2008)
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After working in each of the years 1992 to 2009, 7714 was withdrawn from service in August 2009 with a boiler issue.<ref>SVR News 167</ref> The locomotive then spent a period on display in [[The Engine House]], before being moved to Bridgnorth in April 2012 for overhaul.<ref>SVR News 179</ref> It is thought the damage to the right hand half of the cylinder casting occurred during its NCB ownership. The riveting of the boiler barrel had been completed by January 2016, with the boiler passing its out of frames steam test in August 2016.<ref>[http://forum.svra.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=508&start=150 SVR Forum]</ref> The locomotive was painted in BR black at Bridgnorth during October 2016,<ref>[http://www.svrlive.com/copy-of-news-140916-1-813-repaint SVR Live 'Ex-GWR 0-6-0PT No. 7714']</ref> with the overhaul being completed in November 2016.<ref Name = "MtL">SVR Meet the Locomotives page</ref>
==See also==
*[[Steam Locomotives]]<br>*[[SVR-based locomotives visiting other events]]
== References ==
==Links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_5700_Class GWR 5700 Class on Wikipedia]<br>*[http://www.svr.co.uk/MeetTheLoco.aspx?id=20 SVR Meet the Locomotives]
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