5700 Class - L94 - London Transport Maroon ERA_BR Steam Bowes Railway and the North

Bowes Railway and the North Eastern Railway Association

this locomotive was selected because its electric train supply capability and vacuum braking made it the perfect partner for observation saloon DB999504

Ruston 432477 was built new for British Railways

circa 1910

with separate vacuum brake gear

5700 Class - L94 - London Transport Maroon ERA_BR Steam Bowes Railway and the NorthLondon 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