5700 Class - 5753 - BR Black Early Emblem - DCC Sound FittedBuilt 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

Testament to the quality of repaint back in 2019 the loco still looks fresh today and can be seen all across the network

This Austerity was another wartime product

“Port of Grimsby and Immingham

By the mid-1930s

Destinations - Swansea/Cardiff Central

It was stored just over three years later and was cut up at Booth’s of Rotherham in August 1993

For the next decade this group of locomotives was considered ‘common user’ with EWS’ own fleet until April 2006

Updates are applied automatically whenever new sound or data is written to the decoder

Now with original name restored and partnered with newly rebuilt Churchward tender T2061 it carries lined green and is a regular performer on the WSR

PowerPack capacitor for uninterrupted power

the ECoS sets the standard for modern digital command stations

being delivered to the North Eastern Region Civil Engineer’s Department at Etherley Tip in Witton