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[[File: GWR_0-6-0PT_3612_being_dismantled_at_Eardington_in_1978-79.jpg |thumb|300px|right| 3612 being dismantled at Eardington in 1978-79]]'''GWR Collett 5700 class 0-6-0PT 3612''' was briefly resident on the SVR in 1978, having been acquired as a source of spare parts for the SVR's other panniers [[GWR Pannier 5764 | 5764]] and [[GWR Pannier 7714 | 7714]], where more information on the class can be found.
==Service and preservation3612 in service==
3612 was built at Swindon and entered GWR service in March 1939 at Aberbeeg shed in Blaenau Gwent, South Wales.<ref>[http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/060_3600det.htm greatwestern.org.uk]</ref> In May 1950 the locomotive was re-allocated to Llantrisant shed in Mid-Glamorgan, South Wales from where it was withdrawn from BR service in October 1964.<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=3612&loco=3612 BRDatabase]</ref>
==3612 at Barry==3612 arrived at [[Barry Scrapyard]] in March 1965.<ref name=BarryList>[[Bibliography#Other References|Beckett & Hardingham (2010)]] p. 60.</ref> On arrival at Barry the loco appeared to be complete, but it was later partly stripped for spares: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/taffytank/3777970193 this 1978 image from Peter Brabham] shows it with chimney, dome cover and other parts missing. ==3612 at the SVR==In summer 1978 the SVR company decided to purchase 3612 as a source of spare parts, particularly to provide new wheels for 5764 which had been languishing at [[Bridgnorth]] since early 1977 after suffering a slipped tyre The boiler would also be retained as a spare.<ref>SVR News 48</ref> The locomotive left Barry in December 1978<ref name=BarryList/> and was dismantled shortly after arrival, the Winter 1978-79 edition of SVR News reporting that the wheels had been extracted on an exceedingly cold weekend and were awaiting re-profiling and attention to the journals and sheaves before re-wheeling 5764, while the boiler had been temporarily 'stored' on [[Eardington]] platform.<ref>SVR News 50.</ref> [[File:3612 remains.jpg|thumb|250px|left|3612's boiler on Eardington platform, minus chimney, frames, cab roof and tanks in the yard. One rear buffer lying on the ground]]
In 1990, 3612's cylinders and frame were sold to the Llangollen Railway for use in the restoration of pannier 7754. 7754 had been withdrawn from NCB service in 1975 after a loose piston caused a cylinder cover to blow off and during a lengthy restoration, the cylinder block had been pronounced as beyond repair in 1988.<ref>[http://www.llangollen-railway.org.uk/sloco7754.html Llangollen Railway, 7754]</ref>
==See also==
*[[GWR 5700 Class 3650]] formerly hired in.
*[[GWR Pannier 5764]]
*[[GWR Pannier 5786]] former resident
*[[GWR Pannier 7714]]
*[[GWR 5700 Class 7760]] formerly hired in.
*[[Former Residents]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_5700_Class GWR 5700 Class on Wikipedia]
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/dubdee/5159276132 3612 at Barry in August 1978] (picture by dubdee on Flickr)
*[httphttps://www.llangollen-railway.orgco.uk/sloco7754.html steam-locomotives/ Llangollen Railway, 7754]*[https://www.facebook.com/111506607237661/photos/pb.100066631855473.-2207520000./131131505275171/?type=3 Photo of boiler] stored at [[Eardington]] in circa 1990, on Eardington station Facebook (Retrieved 18 October 2022)
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