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{{Infobox GWR steam loco
|image      
|caption    = 
|construc   = GWR Swindon Works
|wheels     = 0-6-2T
|rating     = 5MT
|status     = Out of traffic
|locono     = 5643
|designed   = Charles Collett
|locotype   = '''GWR 5600'''
|built      = 1925
|years1     = 1963
|events1    = Withdrawn from traffic
|years2     = 1971
|events2    = Left Barry
|years3     = 2005
|events3    = Restored to traffic
|weight     = 69t 7cwt
|power      = 25,800 lb
|pressure   = 200 lb/sq in
}}
A brief description of the 5600 Class is included in [[GWR 5600 class 6634]].

==5643 in service==
5643 was built at Swindon in October 1925 to lot number 228.<ref>[http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_062.htm GWR 5600 Class on Great Western Archive]</ref> It spent its entire working life in South Wales, being withdrawn from Barry Shed in July 1963, moving the short distance to [[Barry Scrapyard]] in November. 

==5643 in preservation==
5643 left Barry in September 1971, the 16th locomotive to do so.<ref>[http://www.railuk.info/steam/barry_search.php Railuk.info Barry Scrapyard Search Results]</ref>
The locomotive is now owned by the Furness Railway Trust, a Charitable Incorporated Organisation now based at the Ribble Steam Railway in Preston, and is described by them as “The Trust's roving ambassador “.<ref>[http://www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk/about.htm Furness Railway website]</ref> 5643 first ran under its own steam in November 2005 and hauled its first passenger train in 43 years the following September. It has visited many preserved railways.<ref>[http://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteam.php?row_id=2576 Rail.uk.info]</ref> 

==5643 on the SVR==
*5643 appeared at the [[Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas|2009 Autumn Steam Gala]]
*It was [[Steam Locomotives hired by the SVR|hired by the SVR]] between May 2013 and January 2014

==See also==
[[Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas]]<br>
[[Steam Locomotives hired by the SVR]]<br>
[[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway]]<br>
[[Locomotives used on the Severn Valley Branch in commercial service|Classes of locomotives used on the Severn Valley Branch in commercial service]]

==References==
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==Links==
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_5600_Class GWR 5600 Class on Wikipedia]<br>
[http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_062.htm GWR 5600 Class on Great Western Archive]