0-6-0PT Class 57xx/ 67xx/ 8750 GWR Profile and Models

0-6-0PT Class 57xx/ 67xx/ 8750 GWR

4612 at the Mid Hants Railway in April 2021. ©Hugh Llewelyn

The GWR 5700 Class, or 57xx class, was a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank 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 British steam locomotive. Although officially designated by GWR as "light goods and shunting engines", they were also used for passenger working on branch, suburban, and shorter mainline journeys. They were distributed across most of the GWR network and, after nationalisation of the railways in 1948, across the British Railways Western Region, and also other regions. The 5700s were not as glamorous as the GWR Castles and Kings, but became just as much of an icon of the GWR.

(Information provided by Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

GWR Swindon Works
Armstrong Whitworth
W.G. Bagnall
Beyer, Peacock & Co.
Kerr Stuart
North British Locomotive Co.
Yorkshire Engine Co.

Build Dates

1929 to 1950

Total Built

863

Tractive Effort

22,515 lbf

Wheel Configuration

0-6-0PT

Operated By

Great Western Railway
British Railways
National Coal Board
London Transport
Stephenson Clarke Ltd.

Main Duties

Mixed Traffic

In Service Until

1971

Surviving Examples

16

 

Products awaiting categorisation

Scale Brand Image Construction Type DCC Capability Product Code Product Title Livery
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Jamieson - Eames kits JPannier 0-6-0 57XX Pannier Steam Locomotive GWR/BR Kit (Wheels not included) Requires assembly Not set JPannier
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0-6-0 57XX Pannier Steam Locomotive GWR/BR Kit (Wheels not included) Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Keyser (K's) L17 GWR 57xx 0-6-0PT Loco Kit Requires assembly Not set L17
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GWR 57xx 0-6-0PT Loco Kit GWR green
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Samhongsa Co. Ltd. RTR103 Class 57XX 0-6-0PT (unpainted brass) - limited edition of 300 RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set RTR103
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Class 57XX 0-6-0PT (unpainted brass) - limited edition of 300 Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Wills Kits F130 GWR 1854 Pannier Kit Requires assembly Not set F130
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GWR 1854 Pannier Kit Unpainted
O Gauge (1:43 Scale) ACE Trains No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled DCC incompatible E21C
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Class 57xx 5701 0-6-0PT in GWR gloss green Awaiting Categorisation
O Gauge (1:43 Scale) RPM Models No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set 57XX-RPM
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GWR/BR Class 57xx 0-6-0 pannier tank Awaiting Categorisation
O Gauge (1:43 Scale) Vulcan Engineering kits VLK74 GWR Class 5700 0-6-0T Kit Requires assembly Not set VLK74
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GWR Class 5700 0-6-0T Kit Awaiting Categorisation
TT gauge (1:120 scale) GEM No image available Requires assembly Not set LG1
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Class 57xx 0-6-0PT kit Awaiting Categorisation