0-6-0PT Class 97xx Condensing Pannier Tank GWR Profile and Models

0-6-0PT Class 97xx Condensing Pannier Tank GWR

9701 at London Paddington in August 1956. ©Ben Brooksbank

The 9700 Class, or 97xx class, pannier tanks were a direct development of the 5700 class. The prototype for the class, No. 8700 (later No. 9700), was a rebuilt 5700 locomotive. They were specifically for working on the Hammersmith & City line between Paddington station and Smithfield Meat Market. They replaced Metro and 633 class locomotives. The eleven locomotives in the class had condensing apparatus that fed the exhaust steam back into the water tanks. To work over the electrified underground lines, the 9700 Class locomotives had a special type of ATC equipment that lifted clear of the centre rail and had tripcock brake valves that matched the London Transport signalling system.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

GWR Swindon Works

Build Date

1933

Total Built

11

Tractive Effort

22,515 lbf

Wheel Configuration

0-6-0PT

Operated By

Great Western Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Shunting & Banking

In Service Until

1965

Surviving Examples

0

 

Products awaiting categorisation

Scale Brand Image Construction Type DCC Capability Product Code Product Title Livery
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Samhongsa Co. Ltd. RTR9700 GWR Class 97xx 0-6-0PT in unpainted brass RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set RTR9700
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GWR Class 97xx 0-6-0PT in unpainted brass Awaiting Categorisation
N Gauge Thameshead TM3 GWR 97XX Pannier Tank kit Requires assembly Not set TM3
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GWR 97XX Pannier Tank kit Awaiting Categorisation