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

completed this process in 2019

Seated coach 15002

DCC ready [21-Pin MTX Socket]

this locomotive originally sported the “First group” rendition of GBRF livery ahead of the press launch on the 8th January 2007 at Old Oak Common

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