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'''5775''' is a '''GWR Collett 5700 class 0-6-0PT''' 'pannier tank' of which there are two examples resident on the SVR. A brief description of the 5700 Class is included in [[GWR Pannier 5764]] (the other resident being [[GWR Pannier 7714 | 7714]]). 5775 spent a period on hire to the SVR in 1993 -1994 [[Steam Locomotives hired by the SVR|on hire]], which included an appearance at the [[Autumn Steam Gala]] , and [[Steam and diesel locomotives visiting the SVR for contract overhauls|under contract repairs]].

5775 was built by the GWR at Swindon in 1929. Post-War it was based at Danygraig between 1948 and 1952, later moving to Carmathen Carmarthen where it remained until May 1956. It was then transferred to Pontypool Road where it remained until withdrawn in July 1963.

BR sold 13 pannier tanks, including 5775and SVR-resident 5764, to London Transport who . LT used them mainly to run PW and engineering trains on their Metropolitan Lines, operating from their Neasden Depot and also from Lillie Bridge, Kensington. 5775 was renumbered L89; it was withdrawn and sold to preservation in 1970.

5775 arrived in summer 1993 for what was described as ''...a lengthy visit for purposes not entirely unconnected with the thirtieth anniversary, in September, of the [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Closure | Severn Valley line's closure]]'' (on Sunday 8 September 1963 the final 6.58pm [[Bridgnorth ]] to Birmingham Snow Hill train, normally a diesel railcar service, was hauled by ex-GWR pannier tanks 9624 and 4665 carrying a 'Special Last Train' headboard). At the time 5775 carried the BR green livery.<ref>SVR News 107</ref> It was delivered facing south; the low-loader which delivered it was used to turn [[GWR Pannier 5764|5764]] so it also faced south, thereby becoming one one of a number of locomotives which [[Kidderminster Turntable#North and South before the turntable | faced both north and south before the installation of Kidderminster Turntable]].

After arrival, 5775 worked a demonstration freight train [[Demonstration Goods Train]] on 27 June.<ref name=SVR109>SVR News 109</ref> The Autumn Steam Gala included a triple-headed pannier train on 25 September, with 5775 piloted by [[GWR Pannier 7714|7714]] and 5764. Following the gala, 5775 underwent a number of [[Steam and diesel locomotives visiting the SVR for repairs as a contract job. These included machining the valve faces (slide valves) using the SVR's own-designed and manufactured portable shaping machine, machining the valve buckles, casting, fitting and machining new slide valves, and rebuilding the front drag box.<ref>SVR News 108, 110</ref> At the time it was hoped that 5775 might also be able to participate in the 1994 [[Spring Steam Gala]] if the repairs were completed in time,<ref name=SVR109/> although in the event this did not take place.