5700 Class - 5753 - BR Black Early Emblem PTA/JTA+JUA Bogie Tippler Wagons 50007/50034 Hercules/Furious GB Railfreight

50007/50034 Hercules/Furious GB Railfreight

set at correct colour temperature

Rather than restoring them as two-car sets

These 5 were given a fresh coat of Colas’ house colours and renumbered to 66846 to 66850

Boiler water tank converted to long range fuel tank

5700 Class - 5753 - BR Black Early Emblem PTA/JTA+JUA Bogie Tippler Wagons 50007/50034 Hercules/Furious GB RailfreightBuilt 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