N 56XX GWR UNLINE GREEN

GWR 56XX 0-6-2T

GWR UNLINE GREEN WITH PLAIN GWR LETTERING 5644

Coreless motor

6 pin DCC ready (right angle decoder)

All wheels pick up

Net weight : 47g

History

The GWR 5600 Class is a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive built between 1924 and 1928.

They were designed by C.B Collett for the Great Western Railway (GWR), and were introduced into traffic in 1924. After the 1923 grouping, Swindon inherited a large and variable collection of locomotives from historic Welsh railway companies, which did not fit into their standardisation programme. GWR boiler inspectors arrived en masse and either condemned the original locomotives or had them rebuilt. The systematic destruction of many examples of locomotives, most still in serviceable condition, followed, but various were worked alongside 5600 Class.

Two hundred GWR 5600 class replacement locomotives were built and remained in service until withdrawn by British Railways between 1962 and 1965.

Nine of the class have survived into preservation.