5700 Class - L91 - London Transport Maroon - DCC Sound Fitted ERA_Preservation Withdrawn in 1959 it was

Withdrawn in 1959 it was purchased by the NCB and was sent to work at Penallta Colliery in South Wales

it spent periods at Oswestry and Hereford before being withdrawn from Cardiff East Dock after a 16 year working life

this locomotive originally sported the “First group” rendition of GBRF livery ahead of the press launch on the 8th January 2007 at Old Oak Common

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5700 Class - L91 - London Transport Maroon - DCC Sound Fitted ERA_Preservation Withdrawn in 1959 it wasLondon Transports railway network is well known for being electrified and underground but there had always been a small fleet of steam locomotives retained for working infrastructure trains on the surface lines. By the 1950s, these older locomotives were well past their prime and London Transport began to look for replacements. Diesel locomotives were considered, as was a small fleet of ex GNR J52 steam locomotives but their trial was unsuccessful. In