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|image = GWR Class 5700 No 5764 Pannier (3000285676)L95 20190331.jpg|caption = L95 (GWR 5764 at Bewdley) in The Engine House

|rating = GWR: C, BR(W): 4F|axleload = GWR: Blue (Yellow from 1950)|status = Out of serviceStatic display

|years2 = 1989|events2 = Re-entered service|years3 = 2001|events3 = Re-entered service|years4 = 2011|events2 events4 = Withdrawn for overhaul|years5 = 2019|events5 = Repainted in LT livery as L95

|power = 22,515 lb|pressure = 200 lb/sq in}}5764 is a GWR Collett 5700 class 0-6-0PT ‘pannier tank’, one of two examples on the SVR (the other being [[GWR Pannier 7714 | 7714]]).The GWR 5700 class was the most numerous class of engine designed and built by the Great Western Railway; more than 860 were built between 1929 and 1950. Pannier tanks could be found at work all over the former GWR system and although designed primarily for shunting duties, they were regularly used on local freight and passenger workings. British Railways Western Region 'BR(W)' rated the class as 4F,<ref>[http://www.michaelclemensrailways.co.uk/?atk=559 Midlands Division (Ex WR) & Gloucester District - Locomotive Route Availability (Branch Lines)- June 1963] Retrieved 7 January 2017</ref>, although elsewhere the class was rated 3F.<ref>Classic British Steam Locomotives (ISBN 1-86147-138-6), Wikipedia etc</ref>

The ===GWR 5700 class 0-6-0PT ‘pannier tank’ / BR===5764 was the largest class of engine designed built at Swindon and built by the Great Western Railway; more than 860 were built between entered service in 1929 and 1950at London’s Old Oak Common depot. Pannier tanks could be found It remained at work all over that depot post-War, serving the former GWR system and although designed primarily BR for shunting duties, they were regularly used on more than thirty years. Duties involved local freight and passenger workings. The class was rated 4F by British Railwaysshunting 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 built at Swindon and entered service photographed in 1929 the early 1960s at London’s Old Oak Common depotLongville on the 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 remained 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 depot post-Waroverhaul, serving the GWR and BR for more than thirty years before being but was then withdrawn by BR in May 1960 having run an estimated 520,259 miles in service.

===London Underground===BR sold a number of pannier tanks, including 5764, to London Transport who used them mainly to run PW and engineering trains on their Metropolitan Lines, operating from their Neasden Depotand also from Lillie Bridge, Kensington. While therewith London Underground, 5764 was allocated the number L95. By the end of 1963, recorded mileage had increased to 668,771.<ref name = "SB9">SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref>

The [[Severn Valley Railway Association | SVRA]] Kidderminster Branch set up a fund in 1970 to acquire one of the last three pannier tanks still in use at London Transport. 5764 was acquired direct from London Transportsuccessfully purchased and was moved by road to Bridgnorth, arriving in LT livery on 19 June 1971 and entering service still in LT livery the same year. <ref name = "SB9"/> An indication of how quickly it entered service may be judged by the lighting of a fire in the engine whilst it was being unloaded from the low-loader.<gallery>S7609_5764_L95_David_Cooke.jpg | Arrival of 5764 (David Cooke)</gallery>

5764 has been used was repainted into GWR livery in film and TV several times, with 1972. During the next few years 5764 made appearances including in the BBC children's television series [[Carrie's War]] in November 1973, and [[The Signalman]] in 1976. The early success of 5764 led the SVRA Kidderminster Branch to purchase a second pannier, [[GWR Pannier 7714 | 7714]], in 1973.  In early 1977 a slipped tyre led to 5764 being withdrawn from service.<Ref>SVR News 44</ref> In summer 1978, SVR News announced that another pannier, [[GWR Pannier 3612 | 3612]], had been acquired from [[Barry Scrapyard | Barry]] to provide new wheels for 5764 as well as a spare boiler for 5764 and 7714.<ref>SVR News 48</ref>. After re-profiling on the [[Bridgnorth Loco Works# Machine Shop | Noble and Lund wheel lathe]], the new wheels were installed and the locomotive re-painted in time for a return to service in mid-1979. One of the first duties was for the filming of the BBC TV series [[God's Wonderful Railway]] that year.<ref>SVR News 51-53</ref> In the following year she performed in 1979Granada TV's [[The Good Soldier]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I26ciWs1Gjo The Good Soldier, Youtube] (Retrieved 18 February 2017)</ref>

5764 last 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 is currently 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 Shedto be put back on display in [[The Engine House]], . A move to Bridgnorth for a facility not normally accessible 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 general publicEngine House in her LT guise as L95 in March 2019.<ref>The Railway Magazine, January 2019, p. 8</ref>  <gallery>File:5764_Broadway_20130525.jpg | 5764 at Broadway in May 2013</gallery>

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