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5764 photographed at Much Wenlock April 1960
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 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 The locomotive returned to London following that overhaul, but was then withdrawn by BR in May 1960 having run an estimated 520,259 miles in service.
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