OO Gauge
Manufacture - Mainline Railways
Cat No 37084
57XX Pannier Tank Locomotive
GWR Green/Gold No. 5764
This model represents probably my earliest memory of owning a OO Gauge 'toy' model train, it was probably a Hornby or even Airfix model back in the 1970s (yes I am old), although this is a much more recent acquisition and doesn't have the smoke effect it still a very well made model for it's age, and I'm pleased to have picked one up.
Especially pleased that it only cost us about twenty quid, which for a boxed item and one in such lovely condition seemed a quality purchase, will be used with some of my wagons as well as the auto coach or B-set that I have in Choc Cream GWR styling too.
Nice and easy one to take apart, removing the screws to release the chassis from the body, tidy, just probably a lack of run and been in storage for some time. Didn't show us anything to begin with but after it was removed, cleaned and some light 'sewing' machine oil applied, as I do regularly with other models, also checking all the leads are intact too. All back together and checking for signs of life.
Excellent result as we soon found it responding, leaving it on a rolling road to run gentle for about twenty mins at a very low speed. Like it so much I am looking at getting another one and having it renumbered, although also seen that Bachmann produce the London Transport livery which might be interesting to us.
GWR Pannier Tank History
5764 was built in 1929 at Swindon at a cost of £2,651. It spent its entire service under BR ownership based at Old Oak Common. 5764 was sold to London Transport (LT) in 1960 and renumbered L95. By the time it was withdrawn from service it had completed 668,771 miles.
It was sold to Severn Valley Railway in 1971, and was operational less than a month after last being used on LT. Along with many other locomotives 5764 has appeared in films and television dramas. This engine appeared in the BBC production of the Charles Dickens winter tale in 1976. It was last entered service in 2010, the boiler certificate expired December 2020, and it is currently in store at Kidderminster awaiting overhaul.
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