5700 Class - L94 - London Transport MaroonLondon 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

Train heating: steam heat

‘frost’ grille (where applicable) & super fine etched metal roof grille

950 wagons built to this pattern

Kinetic NEM coupler mounts at correct height with mini-tension-lock couplers

Leading cab side window: plated over

Protection

either top and tail

DRS had plenty of employment for its expanding fleet of heritage liveried Class 37/4s

while this release shares the same nose configuration as D6600 it correctly rides on Deltic-style cast bogies

DCC ready [21-Pin MTC Socket in tender] or factory-installed DCC Sound options

Dummy knuckle coupler provided in polybag

By the late 1930’s 7755 gained the then new “shirt button” GWR logo and was transferred to Llanelly shed