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[[File: 5786_L92_20150320.jpg |thumb|300px|right| 5786 in LT Livery in March 2015]]
'''5786''' is a GWR Collett 5700 class 0-6-0PT No 5786, ex-London Transport L92, ‘pannier tank’ of which there are two examples resident on the SVR. A brief description of the 5700 Class is a former SVR included in [[GWR Pannier 5764]] (the other residentbeing [[GWR Pannier 7714 | 7714]]).
5786 , ex-London Transport L92, is a sister locomotive to former SVR-based [[GWR Pannier 5764 | 5764]] and [[GWR Pannier 7714|7714]]resident. 5786 It began life with the GWR and later BR(W), before (like 5764) being transferred to London Transport in 1958.
==5786 in service==
===GWR / BR===
Built at Swindon in January 1930, 5786 entered service at Aberdare shed and remained in South Wales throughout its GWR and BR(W) life. In 1948 it moved to Cardiff Canton, which was to be its last BR depot.<ref>BR database</ref>
===London Underground===
In 1958 it was overhauled at Swindon and transferred to London Transport where it was painted maroon and numbered L92. It operated from from Lille Bridge and Neasden depots, shunting and working maintenance trains and goods traffic.<ref>South Devon Railway</ref>
==Preservation==
In 1969 the locomotive was purchased in working order by the [[Worcester Locomotive Society]] and moved to the SVR, where it was steamed and restored to GWR livery. In May 1970 it [[SVR-based locomotives visiting other events#Steam_locomotives_timeline_1970-1979|travelled in steam]] to the Birmingham Railway Museum at Tyseley for a festival of transport. It subsequently returned to the SVR, but a dispute between the owners and Railway meant it did not work further on the line.
==See also==
*[[GWR Pannier 3612]] former resident, dismantled on the SVR.*[[GWR 5700 Class 3650]] formerly hired in.*[[GWR Pannier 5764]]*[[GWR Pannier 7714]]*[[GWR 5700 Class 7760]] formerly hired in.*[[Former Residents]]
==References==
