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|wheels = 0-6-2T
|rating = 5MT
|status = Under overhaulOperational
|locono = 6695
|designed = Charles Collett
|years3 = 2006
|events3 = Returned to steam
|years4 = 2022
|events4 = Overhaul completed
|weight = 69t 7cwt
|power = 25,800 lb
The 5600 Tank Fund was launched in 1977, and The 6695 Locomotive Group was formed during 1995 to formalise No 6695 and its affairs.
6695 left Barry in May 1979, the 99th locomotive to do so.<ref>[http://www.railuk.info/steam/barry_search.php Railuk.info Barry Scrapyard Search Results]</ref> It moved initially to the embryonic Swanage Railway in May 1979. By 2005 [[Southern Locomotives Limited]] were overhauling the locomotive under contract.<ref>[http://www.southern-locomotives.co.uk/80104/80104_Preservation.html Southern Locomotives Limited]</ref> It returned to steam in 2006.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/4805844.sthttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/4805844.stm BBC News 'Man who saved loco becomes driver', 15 March 2006] (Retrieved 7 April 2018)</ref>
In April 2017 The West Somerset Railway announced an agreement to take the locomotive on long-term loan for a period of 25 years upon completion of its current 10-year overhaul. By 2019 however it had arrived on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway, where it was in steam by 2022<ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/66xx-no-6695.21383/page-13 National Preservation]</ref>.
==6695 on the SVR==
