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GWR Pannier 5764

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Add a 'spot' at Swindon 1964
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LT panniers returned to Swindon from time to time, the Stephenson Locomotive Society noted it in 'A' shop on 20 December 1964<ref>[https://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&id=5764&type=S&loco=95 BR database]</ref>, as shown in [https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-5700-0-6-0PT/Collett-0-6-0PT-Built-1929-1931/5750-5779-Built-Swindon-works-1929/i-sCQzhJz?fbclid=IwAR2TApGVgBqTnIQLohR9oovFruebWUPUurv7Ij6NHi1rFvllgFgepeKfo2A this image of 5764 (L95) with GWR 9425 and 9457 at Swindon in January 1965].
==5764 in preservation==
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Following a boiler exchange made possible by the 1978 acquisition of a ‘spare’,<ref>SVR News 133</ref> 5764 entered a third period of service in summer 2001.<ref>SVR News 136</ref> Another 10 During this 'ticket' Bradford on Avon station master and SVR volunteer David Walden, with others, successfully arranged for 5764 to be displayed on a low loader in 2006 in Box village for the 'Brunel 200 anniversary' celebrations, and the following year ‘ticket’ saw in steam at 'Bradford-on-Avon 150'.<ref>[https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/1516517.train-anniversary-event-still-on-track/ Evry, Craig, 'Train anniversary event still on track', Wiltshire Times 3 July 2007] (Retrieved 25 May 2024)</ref> <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">Steam engine Bradford on Avon.JPG|At 'Bradford-on-Avon 150', July 2007</gallery> 5764 was withdrawn from service in January 2011on the expiry of the boiler certificate. The locomotive then moved into [[The Engine House]] on display in May 2011, but was removed to make a guest appearance as a static exhibit at the Gloucester Warwickshire Steam Railway’s Broadway station in May 2013.
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