5700 Class - 5741 - GWR Green - DCC Sound Fitted5741. GWR Livery From the initial order of 50 locomotives from the North British Locomotive Works, 5741 emerged from Queens Park works, Glasgow in 1929. Initially allocated to Aberbeeg but transferred to Ebbw Junction whilst in the condition represented here. A relatively early withdrawal came in 1957 from Newport Pill Shed. It is reputed that 5741 was the inspiration for (and number carried by) Duck in the Awdrys Railway Series. Features: No top

The fines would be dumped in the nearest low spot

Die-cast metal chassis with plastic body

Class 66 Lokpilot DCC Decoder

Wagons are 166mm over buffers in length

Lighting clusters with appropriate day and night-time modes

PowerPack stay-alive system and dual speaker configuration to reproduce the characteristic sound and function of an EMD engined A class at work

Ruston 408493 was built new for British Railways Western Region

37901 was repainted back into Railfreight Metals livery in July 2024

fitting of UK electrical equipment (and removal of European equipment) plus GBRf standard upgrades to lights and windows

Separately-applied etched metal and high-fidelity plastic parts

it also has the WH Davis revised design of end plates with just seven wider vertical stiffeners versus 15 on the Romanian-built examples

Happily it was acquired for preservation in 2007 by the Dean Forest Diesel Association and soon put back into service