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The ===GWR 5700 class 0/ BR===5750-65799 were built at Swindon works 1929-0PT ‘pannier tank’ was the largest class of engine designed 1930 with vacuum brakes and built by steam heating. They were fitted with ATC in the Great Western Railway; more than 860 were built between following few years. 5764 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.
5764 was acquired direct from 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, arriving in LT livery on 19 June 1971 . Final negotiations were handled by [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]] and entering service [[Richard Dunn]] as the Branch Committee considered a tender backed by the same yearCompany might be looked upon more favourably. An indication of how quickly it entered service may be judged The tender proved successful, with L95 (5764) being acquired by the lighting [[SVR Pannier Tank Fund]] of a fire in the engine whilst it was being unloaded from the low-loaderKidderminster Branch on 24 May 1971.<ref name=SVR177>SVR News 177, 'Forty Years of Pannier Tank 5764', Peter Hudson</ref>
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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 = GWR: C, BR(W): 4F|axleload = GWR: Blue (Yellow from 1950)|status = Out of serviceStatic display
|locono = 5764
|designed = Charles Collett
|years1 = 1971
|events1 = Arrived on SVR in working order
|years2 = 1989|events2 = Re-entered service|years3 = 2001|events3 = Re-entered service|years4 = 2011|events2 events4 = Withdrawn for overhaul|years5 = 2019|events5 = Repainted in LT livery as L95
|length = 31ft 2"
|weight = 47t 10cwt
|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>
==5764 in service==
Although allocated to London throughout its working life, 5764 was built photographed in the early 1960s at Swindon and entered 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 1929 April 1960, which would have briefly crossed Severn Valley metals at London’s Old Oak Common depot[[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 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> LT panniers returned to Swindon from time to time, as shown in [https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-5700-0-6-0PT/Collett-0-6-0PT-Built-1929-1931/5750-5779-Built-Swindon-works-1929/i-sCQzhJz?fbclid=IwAR2TApGVgBqTnIQLohR9oovFruebWUPUurv7Ij6NHi1rFvllgFgepeKfo2A this image of 5764 (L95) with GWR 9425 and 9457 at Swindon in January 1965].
==5764 in preservation==
On Sunday 6 June 1971, L95 was scheduled to take part in an event billed as 'Farewell to Steam on the (London) Underground' together with the other two panniers L94 (7752) and L90 (7760). In November 1973the event L94 worked the 'Last Steam Train on the Underground' from Moorgate to Neasden Depot, while L90 provided working demonstrations within the Depot. L95 was not steamed as the locomotive had been found several months earlier to have a slipped tyre which had been 'spot welded' to keep it operational.<ref name=SVR177/> 5764 was used moved by road to Bridgnorth, arriving 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 filming low-loader.<gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">S7609_5764_L95_David_Cooke.jpg | Arrival of 5764 (David Cooke)</gallery> 5764 was repainted into GWR livery in 1972. During the next few years 5764 made appearances 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 1976early 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 used in for the filming of the BBCTV series [[God's Wonderful Railway]] that year.<ref>SVR News 51-53</ref> In the following year she performed in Granada TV's [[The SignalmanGood 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 mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">File:5764_Broadway_20130525.jpg | 5764 at Broadway in May 2013</gallery>
The locomotive is owned by the [[SVR Pannier Tank Fund]] who also own [[GWR Pannier 7714]].
==See also==
[[Steam Locomotives]]<br>[[SVR-based locomotives visiting other events]]<br>[[Locomotive numbering|Locomotives running under different identities]]<br>[[Tales from the Severn Valley]]<br>[[Locomotives used on the Severn Valley Branch in commercial service|Classes of locomotives used on the Severn Valley Branch in commercial service]]
==References==
==Links==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_5700_Class GWR 5700 Class on Wikipedia]
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