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Following Although allocated to London throughout its working life, 5764 was photographed in the early 1960s at Longville 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 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 . The locomotive returned to London following that overhaul, but was then withdrawn by BR in May 1960 having run an estimated 520,259 miles in service.
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{{Infobox GWR steam loco
|image = GWR Class 5700 No 5764 Pannier (3000285676)L95 20190331.jpg|caption = L95 (GWR 5764 at Bewdley) in The Engine House
|construc = GWR Swindon Works
|wheels = 0-6-0PT
|rating = 4F by GWR: C, BR(W): 4F|axleload = GWR: Blue (Yellow from 1950)|status = Out of serviceStatic display
|locono = 5764
|designed = Charles Collett
|years4 = 2011
|events4 = Withdrawn for overhaul
|years5 = 2019
|events5 = Repainted in LT livery as L95
|length = 31ft 2"
|weight = 47t 10cwt
5764 was built at Swindon and 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.
===London Underground===
5764 was repainted into GWR livery in 1972. During the next few years 5764 made appearances in the BBC 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In early 1977 a slipped tyre led to 5764 being withdrawn from service.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, [[Former Residents#Steam Locomotives 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 Grenada Granada TV's [[The Good Soldier]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I26ciWs1Gjo The Good Soldier, Youtube] (Retrieved 18 February 2017)</ref>
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 has made 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. {{As of|2017}} the locomotive is usually stored 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>
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