The GWR 5700 Class (or 57xx class) is a class of 0-6-0 PT steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) and British Railways (BR) between 1929 and 1950. With 863 built, they were the most prolific class of the GWR, and one of the most numerous classes of …

The above photograph shows 9701, the subject of this article, in BR days [August 1957] at Paddington Station. It had just four years of active life left. The GWR built eleven of these unusual engines during 1933/34, for exclusive use on the underground lines of the Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City railways, between Paddington and Smithfield ...

The 9700 Class, or 97xx class, pannier tanks were a direct development of the 5700 class. The prototype for the class, No. 8700 (later No. 9700), was a rebuilt 5700 locomotive. They were specifically for working on the Hammersmith & City line between Paddington station and Smithfield Meat Market. They replaced Metro and 633 class locomotives.

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 9700 Class, or 97xx class, were 0-6-0PT pannier tank steam locomotives that were a direct development of the GWR 5700 Class. The prototype for the class, No. 8700 (later No. 9700), was a rebuilt 5700 Class …

Running numbers: 5700 - 5799, 6700 - 6779, 7700 - 7799, 8700 - 8799, 9701 - 9799, 3600 - 3699, 3700 - 3799, 4600 - 4699 and 9600 - 9682. Built: 1929 (5700 - 5749 produced by North British Locomotive Co.) to lot number 256,

GWR 9701 Class 0-6-0PT No.9789 Three-rail electric with external details including fluted coupling rods, tank filler caps and lifting rings, pipework, shunter's pole rack, steps, hand and lamp irons, finished in GWR green livery; and a wooden …

Great Western Railway steam locomotives, 5700 class details, 9700 - 9799

2014年5月11日 · I can definitely say that 9701 and 9703 both entered service with the LHS toolbox centred on the splasher, and neither of them had a top-feed boiler. Later on, the toolboxes were moved forward, although just how far doesn't seem to have been standardised.

2008年6月6日 · The Great Western Railway (GWR) 5700 Class, or 57xx class, is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive, built between 1929 and 1950. 863 were built, making them the most prolific class of the GWR, and one of the most numerous classes of British steam locomotive.[1][a]

2012年5月23日 · Ex-GWR condenser-fitted 0-6-0 Pannier tank at Paddington Supplementing the converted No. 8700 (renumbered No. 9700), ten of the Collett '8750' class 0-6-0PTs were built new in 1933 for the traffic on the Metropolitan Underground route from Paddington to Smithfield, with condensing apparatus and other modifications.