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===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 Depot and also from Lillie Bridge, Kensington. While with 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 from Swindon from time to time, as shown in an [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==
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In early 1977 a slipped tyre led to 5764 being withdrawn from service.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, [[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 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5764 was withdrawn from service in 1982 awaiting a heavy overhaul.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 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 Shed to be put back on display in [[The Engine House]]. A move to Bridgnorth for a 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 Engine House in her LT guise as L95 in March 2019.<ref>The Railway Magazine, January 2019, p. 8</ref>
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