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This model is another from my late brothers model railway layout/collection, and like all the other items that are being offered for sale it has been in storage since 2014 and would benefit from a thorough service and clean. I have no way of knowing if the model runs or not, as I neither have the knowledge, I may have the equipment amongst the collection but I don’t have the expertise to use it or test the model. The loco wheels do not turn when operated manually, but this could be due to the motor settings, some decorative features are missing ie one of the rear dampers, and the front part of the lower rail which runs at the bottom of wheels front to back, I can’t see any couplers on the front, there looks like there may be some sort of hook up mechanism on the rear but I don’t know I can’t be sure if it is, it looks OK to me but I haven’t got a clue, I may have the original box but again I am not sure.
Below is a potted history of its working life up to and including the present day.
5786 was built by the Great Western Railway in 1930 and, unlike many of its siblings, didn’t get scrapped by British Railways, but was sold on to The London Transport Passenger Board .
They were used mainly for heavy shunting, short distance goods and branch line passenger duties. Built at Swindon, 5786 entered service in January 1930 at Aberdare shed. 5786 remained in South Wales throughout its life with the GWR and BR(W). Its last depot was Cardiff Canton.
In 1958 it was overhauled at Swindon and transferred to London Transport where it was painted Maroon and numbered L92.
The next eleven years were spent working maintenance trains, goods traffic and shunting from Lille Bridge and Neasdon Depots. In the autumn of 1969 The Worcester Locomotive Society purchased it, in working order, from London Transport and it was transported by road to Severn Valley Railway (SVR), Bridgenorth. It was steamed to Bewdley and restored to GWR livery. During May 1970 the loco traveled in steam to Tyseley for a festival of transport and then returned to Bridgenorth, however it never worked on the SVR again.It was moved by road to the Bulmer Railway Centre (BRC) at Hereford. Since that time it was used turn about with other locos at the centre on passenger workings and for Brake Van rides. When BRC closed in 1993, to make way for more factory space the Worcester Locomotive Society were warmly welcomed to Devon and 5786 completed a full season of service train working before it was stopped for a heavy general overhaul. As can be seen from the pictures above this involved major reconstruction of the boiler, new tanks and the replacement of much of the copper pipework due to it having been stolen whilst at Bulmers.
5786 is now one of the SDR’s main locomotives and can be seen regularly pulling service trains. Info Source South Devon Railway
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Category: Collectables:Model Railways and Trains:OO Gauge:Locomotives
Location: Consett