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Prototype History
The GWR 57xx class, or 5700 class, was a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotives, built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) and later British Railways (BR) between 1929 and 1950. With 863 built, they were the most prolific class of locomotive the GWR had and was one of the most numerous classes of British steam locomotives.
Although officially designated by GWR as "light goods and shunting engines", it soon became clear that other duties could be performed such as branch passenger working and mainline freight, being widespread acorss the system.
They were distributed across most of the GWR network and, after nationalisation of the railways in 1948, across the British Railways Western Region, and also other regions.
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