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|construc = GWR Swindon Works
|wheels = 0-6-2T
|rating = GWR: D, BR: 5MT|axleload = GWR: Red
|status = Unrestored
|locono = 6634
|power = 25,800 lb
|pressure = 200 lb/sq in
}}[[File:GWR 6634 20171108.jpg|thumb|300px|right|6634 awaiting collection in November 2017]]'''GWR 5600 class 6634''' was resident on the SVR between 2009 and 2017 but was never steamed.
The GWR 5600 Class is a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive designed by Collett and built between 1924 and 1928. They were based on the Rhymney Railway 1904 M class and 1909 R class locomotives. In 1923 the GWR absorbed a variety of locomotives from pre-Grouping Welsh railway companies, many of 0-6-2T configuration, and built two hundred locomotives of the 5600 class to replace part of that fleet. Numbered in the 5600 and 6600 series, most were built at Swindon, however 6650-6699 were built by Armstrong Whitworth in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The last of the class remained in service until the end of BR(WR) steam in 1965. The class was not used on the Severn Valley Branch in service due to its [[GWR Power and Weight Classification#GWR route classification colours| 'Red' axle weight classification]], although [[Tales from the Severn Valley#The overweight locomotive|one was allowed to work a coal train to Alveley Colliery by mistake]]. Nine of the class have survived into preservation, of which [[GWR 5600 Class 5619|5619]] has also appeared on the SVR.
==6634 in service==
==6634 in preservation==
6634 left Barry in June 1981, the 131st locomotive to do so.<ref>[http://www.railuk.info/steam/barry_search.php Railuk.info Barry Scrapyard Search Results]</ref> It is owned by [[The Waterman Railway Heritage Trust]]. The locomotive was resident on the SVR between 2009 and 2017 but was never steamed.
On 19 August 2009 the ‘rolling chassis’ arrived on the SVR for restoration from [[Barry Scrapyard | ex-Barry]] condition to be completed. SVR News announced that the SVR had reached an agreement with the owners to complete the overhaul of the ‘bottom end’ while Crewe completed the repair of the boiler. The SVR would then bring the locomotive into use with it being run on the SVR for ‘a period deemed fair by both parties’. The deal appeared favourable to the SVR as it would not involve the boiler shop or require space in the works on the jacks. Work was subsequently carried out by the SVR for a period after its arrival.
