GWR Pannier 7714

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GWRGreat Western Railway Pannier 7714
GWR Class 5700 No 7714 (8062211853).jpg
7714 at Bewdley
Built By Kerr Stuart & Co., Stoke
Configuration 0-6-0PT
Power class 4FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. by BRBritish Rail or British Railways(W)
Status In Service
Loco Number 7714
History
Built 1930
Designed By Charles CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941
Type GWRGreat Western Railway 5700
1973 Arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway
2009 Withdrawn for overhaul
2016 Return to service
Technical
Length 31ft 2"
Weight 47t 10cwt
Tractive effort 22,515 lb
Pressure 200 lb/sq in

Steam Locomotives

7714 is a GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 5700 class 0-6-0PT ‘pannier tank’, one of two examples on the SVRSevern Valley Railway (the other being 5764). The 5700 class was the most numerous class of engine designed and built by the Great Western Railway; more than 860 were built between 1929 and 1950. Pannier tanks could be found at work all over the former GWRGreat Western Railway system and although designed primarily for shunting duties, they were regularly used on local freight and passenger workings. British Railways Western Region 'BRBritish Rail or British Railways(W)' rated the class as 4FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.,[1], although elsewhere the class was rated 3FThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic..[2]


7714 in service

7714 was built for the GWRGreat Western Railway by Kerr Stuart & Co. of Stoke, Works No 4449 of 1930. The visible rivets on the water tanks are a sign of its non-Swindon origin. The locomotive entered service at Tyseley the same year, and worked at various sheds until withdrawn by BRBritish Rail or British Railways in January 1959, having run an estimated 520,259 miles in service.[3]

7714 was sold to the National Coal Board for use at their Penallta Colliery near Rhymney in South Wales. Initially used daily, the long wheelbase proved unsuitable for the tight curves in the track there so it mostly acted as a spare engine.[3]

7714 in preservation

7714 came to the SVRSevern Valley Railway in 1973 following a successful bid by the SVRA – Kidderminster Branch.

A lengthy restoration followed; the locomotive was not first steamed until 1992. The locomotive was then regularly used on winter services and also saw service at the South Devon Railway in 1995 and the East Somerset Railway in 1996.[3]

In mid-1999 the locomotive was repainted into GWRGreat Western Railway green livery. Shortly afterwards it suffered an issue with the driving stub-axle working loose. This was sent away for repair at the British Steel workshops near Redcar. The repair was successful with the axle reinstalled by the winter. Around this time the boiler also received an overhaul at Crewe Heritage Centre, with a return to service in summer 2000.[4]

After working in each of the years 1992 to 2009, 7714 was withdrawn from service in August 2009 with a boiler issue.[5] The locomotive then spent a period on display in The Engine House, before being moved to Bridgnorth in April 2012 for overhaul.[6] It is thought the damage to the right hand half of the cylinder casting occurred during its NCBNational Coal Board ownership. The riveting of the boiler barrel had been completed by January 2016, with the boiler passing its out of frames steam test in August 2016.[7] The locomotive was painted in BRBritish Rail or British Railways black at Bridgnorth during October 2016,[8] with the overhaul being completed in November 2016.[9]

The locomotive is now owned by the SVR Pannier Tank Fund, who also own GWR Pannier 5764.

See also

Steam Locomotives

References

  1. Midlands Division (Ex WR) & Gloucester District - Locomotive Route Availability (Branch Lines)- June 1963 Retrieved 7 January 2017
  2. Classic British Steam Locomotives (ISBN 1-86147-138-6), Wikipedia etc
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book 9th edition
  4. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 130-133
  5. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 167
  6. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 179
  7. SVR Forum
  8. SVR Live 'Ex-GWR 0-6-0PT No. 7714'
  9. SVRSevern Valley Railway Meet the Locomotives page

Links

GWR 5700 Class on Wikipedia
SVR Meet the Locomotives