5700 Class - 5753 - BR Black Early Emblem

5700 Class - 5753 - BR Black Early EmblemBuilt GWR at Swindon during April 1929. This 5700 was one of 30 locomotives built as part of Lot 238. As with all GWR built 5700s it was fitted with cast iron numberplates that were painted off yellow to represent brass. New to Old Oak Common it would soon transfer to Southall where it would spend the rest of its working life until withdrawal on the 14th of September 1959. Some say that after withdrawal, 5753 went on to work on an Island just off the

• Etched Steel factory fitted detailing

a mixture of coal and coal dust which was delivered by road

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Boiler exhaust and steam valve

the dedicated newspaper vans were repainted from North British Railway Coach Lake into the familiar LNER painted teak body finish

the locomotive saw regular freight use as well as deputising on the Cardiff-Bristol Temple Meads-Weymouth summer dated services and passenger trains to the Glastonbury Festival throughout the 1990s

• Blackened metal 12

31271 also has the distinction of being the only surviving example to retain the iconic Roundel-designed scheme into the present day

A potential reprieve came in September 1999 when it was sold to Fragonset with the intention of re-instating it to traffic

4mm back-to-back measurements

An ESU Lokpilot DCC decoder which is custom programmed for Accurascale GWR 57xx/67xx/8750 Pannier Tank locomotives

D5578 in a French blue and D5579 in golden ochre