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GWR 5700 Class 7760

GWR 5700 Class 7760
Built By North British Locomotive Company
Configuration 0-6-0PT
Power class 4F by BR(W)
Loco Number 7760
History
Built 1930
Designed By Charles Collett
Type GWR 5700
1961 Sold by BR to LT and renumbered L90
1971 Entered preservation
Technical
Length 31ft 2"
Weight 47t 10cwt
Tractive effort 22,515 lb
Pressure 200 lb/sq in

Steam Locomotives

7760 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 7714).

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7760 in service

GWR / BR

7760 was built by the North British Locomotive Company in 1930.

It started its period of operation under BR ownership in 1948 based at Old Oak Common where it stayed until it moved to Oxford in September 1949. It stayed here until it was withdrawn from service in December 1961.

London Underground

BR sold a number of pannier tanks, including 7760, to London Transport who used them mainly to run PW and engineering trains on their Metropolitan Lines, operating from their Neasden Depot and also from Lillie Bridge, Kensington. 7760 was renumbered L90 (replacing No. 7711 which was scrapped), and then sold to preservation in 1971.

7760 in preservation

7760 was sold to 7029 Clun Castle Ltd in 1971 in full working order, and is based at Tyseley. It has been loaned to various heritage railways.

7760 at the SVR

In 1987 SVR locomotives 7819 Hinton Manor, 75069 and 46443 provided the motive power for BR’s Cardigan Bay Express summer season. 7760 from Tyseley and 0-6-2T 5619 from the Telford Steam Railway spent summer at the SVR as cover for their absence, participating in the Summer Steam Gala before departing in August and September respectively.

7760 on the main line

7760 was certified for mainline operation in 2000.

See also

References


Links

GWR 5700 Class on Wikipedia

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