5700 Class - L91 - London Transport Maroon HUO One time only

One time only

the locomotive spent its entire lifetime at Reading

and the manufacturing output had doubled by 1957

Headcode panels

Separately-applied etched metal and high-fidelity plastic parts

5700 Class - L91 - London Transport Maroon HUO One time onlyLondon 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