GWR 5700 Class No. 5775

GWR (Great Western Railway) No. 5775 is a 5700 Class 0-6-0PT Pannier Tank Engine built in 1929 by the GWR Swindon Works for the Great Western Railway.
== History ==
No. 5775 is an example of an 0-6-0 pannier tank which was introduced for the Great Western Railway for local passenger and freight trains in 1929 by Charles Collett.
Between 1948 and 1952 it based at Danygraig after which it moved to Carmathen where it stayed until May 1956 when it transferred to Pontypool Road where it remained until it was withdrawn in July 1963.
In July 1963 No. 5775 was then sold to London Transport to operate maintenance trains. It was numbered L89 and was repainted in a LT maroon livery.
== Preservation ==
No. 5775 was moved to Keighley & Worth Valley Railway in January 1970 where it starred in 'The Railway Children' film. In 2014, it was placed on loan to the National Railway Museum following cosmetic restoration at Shildon into its 'Railway Children' livery for the 45th anniversary of the film, returning to the line in November 2016.
It is now on display at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway awaiting a future overhaul.
==Trivia==
*The engine appeared in the film the Railway Children, where the three children; Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury, Phyllis Waterbury and Peter Waterbury saved it from a landslide.
==Gallery==
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