5700 Class - 5753 - BR Black Early Emblem - DCC Sound Fitted Exclusive Locomotives Full underbody tank detail with

Full underbody tank detail with brackets and pipework

This event commemorated the four decade partnership between British Rail and Associated Octel as well as 33 years of rail shipments from the Anglesey plant

BR blue with white bodyside stripe

the locomotives was purchased by the United Steel Companies and put to work on the steelworks system at Scunthorpe

5700 Class - 5753 - BR Black Early Emblem - DCC Sound Fitted Exclusive Locomotives Full underbody tank detail withBuilt 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