5700 Class - L94 - London Transport Maroon - DCC Sound Fitted Livery_Blue Grey NSELondon 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
Simply carefully remove the Deltic bodyshell and glue into place
Moorgate and Liverpool Street
Close coupled gangways
Accurathrash Class 37 Speaker Retaining Clips(Pack of 2)
being repaired as necessary
a feature removed from the final I89 order which were fitted with elliptical wooden cab roofs
Triple cab door kickplate
Vacuum brake fitted and running on grease axle boxes
and – for those machines that previously wore Compass branding – the plated central window on both sides of the body
battery boxes
Pre-TOPS livery
Refreshed several times up until its final withdrawal in 1994 its livery subtly changed each time and our model represents the classic Network SouthEast 1988-91 period with full-length orange cantrail stripe