In Fiction
- In the Railway Series of children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry, the character Duck the Great Western Engine is based on a 5700 Class pannier tank.
- No. 5775 is featured in the film The Railway Children in a brown livery, with the initials of the fictitious Great Northern and Southern Railway on the tank sides.
- No. 6412 starred in the 1970s children's TV series The Flockton Flyer.
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