5700 Class - L91 - London Transport Maroon - DCC Sound Fitted ERA_Preservation PowerPack stay-alive system and dual

PowerPack stay-alive system and dual speaker configuration to reproduce the characteristic sound and function of a BR Class 55 at work

Withdrawn in 1959 it was purchased by the NCB and was sent to work at Penallta Colliery in South Wales

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

Returned to traffic in early 1993

EWS offered several locomotives for sale and 66250 was quired by GBRF in 2017 and was allocated the new number 66789

5700 Class - L91 - London Transport Maroon - DCC Sound Fitted ERA_Preservation PowerPack stay-alive system and dualLondon 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