5700 Class - 7774 - BR Black Later Crest - DCC Sound Fitted Livery_GBrF as present at Stargate Colliery

as present at Stargate Colliery in February 1950

at the time the world’s largest producer of liquid bromine

the Metropolitan Railway ordered 32 four-wheeled carriages from Cravens

This changed in 1855 when stamp duty on advertising and newspapers was abolished

were a common sight throughout the network

5700 Class - 7774 - BR Black Later Crest - DCC Sound Fitted Livery_GBrF as present at Stargate Colliery7774 was the last of the 5700 panniers built by the North British Locomotive Company. The locomotive, works number 24062, was completed March 1931 and sent to Aberbeeg Shed. It would remain a South Wales engine for its entire working life, except for trips to Swindon for works visits. It would enjoy stays at Newport Pill, Tredegar (86H), Aberbeeg (86K) and Ebbw Junction (86A) before final withdrawal in November 1959