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5750-5799 were built at Swindon works 1929-1930 with vacuum brakes and steam heating. They were fitted with ATC in the following few years. 5764 entered service in 1929 at London’s Old Oak Common depot. It remained at that depot post-War, serving the GWR and BR for more than thirty years. Duties involved local freight and shunting in the West London area as well as ECS working in and out of Paddington station.
Although allocated to London throughout its working life, 5764 was photographed in the early 1960s at Longville on the [[Wellington to Craven Arms Railway|Much Wenlock branch ]] with future SVR resident [[GWR 80972 Inspection Saloon|Inspection Saloon 80972]].<ref>Photo in SVR News 55</ref><ref>SVR News 155 'New Arrivals' ([[Hugh McQuade]])</ref> It was also photographed at Much Wenlock with a service for Wellington (Salop), thought to be in April 1960, which would have briefly crossed Severn Valley metals at [[Buildwas]].<ref>[https://railphotoprints.uk/p200288452/h10F2B4D9#h10f2b4d9 5764 Much Wenlock 0460 MD764, Rail Photoprints, ©A. J. B. Dodd] (Retrieved 31 October 2021)</ref> It was probably there on a running in turn after its last heavy overhaul which took place at the Wolverhampton Stafford Road works in February 1960. The locomotive returned to London following that overhaul, but was then withdrawn by BR in May 1960 having run an estimated 520,259 miles in service.
===London Underground===
5764 was withdrawn from service in 1982 awaiting a heavy overhaul. The locomotive was steamed again in early 1989; the first test movement in steam being an unusual sight because the tanks had not been fitted! By June of that year a full return to service had been achieved in time for an appearance in the summer steam gala.<ref>SVR News 92-93</ref> During the course of the 10 year ‘ticket’ that followed, 5764 spent 1993 on hire to the South Devon Railway. 1998 saw another television appearance in the TV movie [[Cider With Rosie]]; service ended later that year.
Following a boiler exchange made possible by the 1978 acquisition of a ‘spare’,<ref>SVR News 133</ref> 5764 entered a third period of service in summer 2001.<ref>SVR News 136</ref> Another 10 year ‘ticket’ saw 5764 withdrawn from service in January 2011. The locomotive then moved into [[The Engine House]] on display in May 2011, but was removed to make a guest appearance as a static exhibit at the Gloucester Warwickshire Steam Railway’s Broadway station in May 2013. It was then stored in [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]], making subsequent appearances as a static exhibit at [[Severn_Valley_Railway_Charitable_Trust_Ltd#Fundraising events|Worcester Racecourse]] in 2015 and the '[[Step Back to the 1940s' ]] event in 2017.
On 20 June 2018 5764 was moved from storage in Kidderminster Carriage Shed to be put back on display in [[The Engine House]]. A move to Bridgnorth for a cosmetic repaint then took place on 16 November 2018.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=216&start=60 SVR-Online Forum]</ref> 5764 moved to the Engine House in her LT guise as L95 in March 2019.<ref>The Railway Magazine, January 2019, p. 8</ref>
